MSCS recommends five schools close at the end of the 2025-26 year
Lucy Elementary is one of the schools MSCS plans to close. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
About 1,200 students will have to attend a new campus in the fall if the board approves Memphis-Shelby County Schools' plan to close four buildings and transfer a fifth.
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