Joris Ray said he still supports the proposal to spend $5.6 million next school year on Educational Epiphany’s teacher training and take-home literacy flashcards for Memphis students, but he pulled a vote on the contract from this week’s school board meeting agenda.

Donors send food and water to LeMoyne-Owen College after freezing temperatures and water system issues in the city.

Principal Barton Thorne called it “shocking and disappointing” to be removed for speaking to students about the First Amendment.

Collierville Virtual Academy – its 100% virtual learning method – could be the district’s 10th school.

Despite Tuesday’s news the Shelby County Health Department will no longer distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Arlington Community Schools doesn’t anticipate any problems for area school employees scheduled to receive their shots on Friday at the suburb’s high school.

Shelby County Schools teachers received vaccines beginning Wednesday, just days before their students return to classrooms March 1. 

Collierville Schools decided it will not review its Opportunity Academy about 24 hours before district staff was supposed to review policy around it.

Hutchison’s students and families wanted to be back in class despite the pandemic; the school had to ensure it was possible to do it safely. 

While some states seek to cancel student testing this spring as the pandemic grinds on, Tennessee isn’t wavering in its plan to give tests in person to most of its nearly 1 million students.

School superintendents and local public health officials may lose some of their power under a bill that passed by a party-line vote in the Tennessee Senate Monday, Feb. 22.

Just before schools are set to open next week, more than 6,000 Shelby County Schools employees will receive their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 

‘We are in a crisis situation,’ said Sen. Raumesh Akbari of Memphis, who chairs the Senate Democratic caucus. A GOP spokeswoman responded that the Republican Party is proud of its record on education since taking control of the legislature in 2010.

Teachers are eligible for vaccinations in Shelby County. The suburbs are releasing plans for how it plans to give vaccinations to those teachers who want it.

SCS is requiring all in-school personnel to report to their school buildings, health concerns notwithstanding.

About 700 students are affected. Rhodes President Marjorie Hass says the campus was having water pressure problems and made the move to help students and also answer MLGW’s call to conserve water during the crisis.

The district has been considering all coronavirus data in Shelby County, including vaccination data, to determine next steps.

SCS board members, teachers raise questions, concerns about cost, value of consultant Donyall Dickey’s new and expanding “Integrated Approach” literacy plan.

Democratic lawmakers proposed a package of legislation Thursday, Feb. 18, that would increase teacher pay and bring more nurses, counselors and social workers into Tennessee schools.

When Shelby County Schools teachers got vaccinated after a surprise last-minute availability, Superintendent Joris Ray “took the opportunity to stand with” them.

Teachers in the suburban municipal districts can begin receiving vaccinations beginning Wednesday as educators begin to receive the shots.

Arlington and Lakeland will be closed Wednesday as Bartlett students transition to virtual learning.

After a late-night notification, teachers braved Monday’s weather to receive expiring doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Many suburban school districts will be closed Tuesday, Feb. 16, after significant snowfall blanketed Shelby County.

Bartlett City Schools and local colleges close campuses, Monday classes due to inclement weather.

SCS students will begin to gradually return to campus beginning March 1, the district announced Friday, with older students coming back a week later.