
Laura D. Testino
Journalist at The Daily Memphian
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2 weeks ago |
dailymemphian.com | Laura D. Testino
Education By Laura Testino, Daily Memphian Updated: April 09, 2025 9:55 PM CT | Published: April 09, 2025 9:54 PM CT MSCS Interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond said his administration expects to put forth a plan for closing and consolidating schools early next school year.
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2 weeks ago |
dailymemphian.com | Laura D. Testino
Premium Education By Laura Testino, Daily Memphian Updated: April 08, 2025 4:00 AM CT | Published: April 08, 2025 4:00 AM CT Campus School Kimball, the second location for University of Memphis’ Campus School (top), will be located in the St. George’s Independent School at 3749 Kimball Ave. (bottom). (Courtesy University Schools - An Innovative School District) A new University of Memphis Campus School is coming to the Sherwood Forest neighborhood.
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3 weeks ago |
dailymemphian.com | Laura D. Testino
Education By Laura Testino, Daily Memphian Published: April 02, 2025 9:40 PM CT Other benefits Roderick Richmond will receive are about the same as other recent superintendent contracts. As interim, Williams earned the same salary as Ray made when he departed, The Commercial Appeal reported at the time.
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3 weeks ago |
dailymemphian.com | Laura D. Testino |Benjamin Smith
State Government By Laura Testino and Benjamin Smith, Daily Memphian Published: April 02, 2025 8:54 PM CT State Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, attends a bill-signing ceremony at the Tennessee Capitol on Feb. 12. (George Walker IV/AP file) The measure, narrowed to Memphis-Shelby County Schools, would strip elected school board members of their duties and assign oversight of the district to a board of state-appointed Shelby County residents.
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3 weeks ago |
dailymemphian.com | Laura D. Testino
Education By Laura Testino, Daily Memphian Published: April 02, 2025 4:00 AM CT MSCS school board members clap at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Frayer High School April 1, 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian) “This is the rebuild and transformation of Frayser, but this is also a moment, a forerunner, of things to come,” said Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, who first proposed building the school five years ago.
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