McNally selects former MSCS board member, local attorney for school takeover board
Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, speaks during the Take Back Your Health Tour event at the state Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Nashville. (George Walker IV/AP file)
Lt. Gov. McNally’s two Shelby County appointees will join five others selected last week by Gov. Bill Lee. House Speaker Cameron Sexton has yet to announce his appointments to the nine-member oversight board, which will have sweeping powers over Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools MSCS takeover Lt. Gov. Randy McNallyLaura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today. Reach Laura with questions, story ideas or tips: Ltestino@dailymemphian.com or Ldtestino.54 on Signal.
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