Aarron Fleming covers public safety for The Daily Memphian. He began at The Daily Memphian in 2022, covering education before moving to public safety the following year. He is a graduate of the University of Memphis.
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Data from the Shelby County Health Department shows the percentage of ER visits for flu-like illnesses in November was nearly four times the number for the same period last year. Patients ages 5-24 were hardest hit.
The Memphis Fire Department initially came to the scene at The Venue apartment complex to attend to a first-responder call.
The BridgeUp: GiddyUp equestrian program teaches students at Havenview Middle and Whitehaven High School how to ride and care for horses.
John Barker, deputy superintendent for strategic operations and finance, is retiring. Yolanda Martin, chief of human resources, is resigning. Both were investigated recently with no evidence of wrongdoing.
The seven charter schools have also all been deemed priority schools by the Tennessee Department of Education.
University of Memphis professor Charles Crawford was honored for 60 years of service, “an accomplishment that we may never see again at this university,” said U of M president, Bill Hardgrave.
The MSCS board revealed the 11 members of its superintendent search committee at its Monday night board meeting. It plans to release an RFP for a search firm on Dec. 1.
For the second time since August, the Memphis City Council District 4 seat has a new representative.
Andy Surber is the new head of school at Grace St. Luke’s Episcopal School, and the job is a homecoming of sorts for the school administrator.
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education will vote to send out a request-for-proposal this month for a search firm to help find a new leader.
The move is in response to a 2021 Tennessee law requiring local districts to close if their schools are used as polling locations.
Former Shelby County Commissioner Reginald Milton has been appointed to lead the county’s new office of education and youth services.
The former Memphis City Schools, as recently as the early 1990’s, scored job candidates on their physical appearance, according to documents found by The Daily Memphian.
As it begins to search for a permanent head of the district, Memphis-Shelby County Schools is looking at policy revisions before moving forward. “I cannot put a timeline on this process,” board chair Althea Greene said.
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The move comes as the district undergoes a number of leadership changes.
The push for a new memorandum of understanding from the association comes as the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association, the district’s other union, has been clashing with the board over its own MOU.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools students showed some of the largest drops of any tested districts nationwide in reading and math scores compared to pre-pandemic scores of 2019.
Demetria Frank, Mike Carpenter, Lorna McClusky and Mike Working are heading up reform efforts on disproportionate minority contact, restorative justice, post-conviction justice and juvenile justice, respectively.
With the roles, Jacqueline Taylor will be responsible for helping with vision planning for the college and implementing the new strategic plan that Southwest approved recently.
Yolanda Martin, chief of human resources for Memphis-Shelby County Schools, has been placed on paid leaving pending investigation of a complaint lodged against her.
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education debated a proposed policy for use of pepper spray by school security officers. Tuesday night’s meeting was the first for new board member Frank Johnson.
The university estimates that the new partnership with Barnes & Noble College will save students around 30% to 50% on the cost of course materials.
Mike Cook, who will box Saturday in Memphis Fight Night III at Agricenter International, aims to give Levi Elementary students something he says he never had — a role model.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools recognizes the ‘Memphis 13’ who desegregated public schools in Memphis in 1961.