There are 31 article(s) tagged Shante Avant:

• February 2022

  • MSCS board member Shante Avant resigns

    Shante Avant, the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member representing district 6, announced her resignation Friday.

    By Daja E. Henry February 12, 2022

• February 2021

  • Some Memphis school board members push for a reopening date

    Superintendent Joris Ray presented updates for reopening during a board committee meeting Thursday, including creating a district contact-tracing team and using district buildings to administer vaccines to teachers. But he has delayed reopening classes indefinitely, citing high community spread of COVID-19. 

    By Laura Faith Kebede February 05, 2021

• October 2020

  • SCS students could be back in school by January

    During a school board committee meeting, SCS Superintendent Joris Ray told board members that the timeline is dependent upon the data.

    By Linda A. Moore October 27, 2020

• July 2020

  • BTW’s class of 2020 gifted with laptops, coding lessons from Women’s Foundation

    The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis is working to reduce poverty in the 38126 ZIP code, one of the poorest in the city. Booker T. Washington High School is at the center of the initiative.

    By Linda A. Moore July 01, 2020

• June 2020

  • Saturday school is out as SCS lays out options for 2020-21 calendar

    Instead, Shelby County Schools’ leaders will consider ideas such as adding an extra hour to the school day, shortening holidays and extending the school year. 

    By Laura Faith Kebede June 20, 2020

• May 2020

  • Shelby County Schools board approves $1.37 billion budget

    Board members also approved a $65 million capital improvement budget — more than double the $25 million that the county mayor has proposed for school building needs.

    By Jacinthia Jones May 13, 2020