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In his briefing, Gov. Lee announced a recommendation that all public schools in Tennessee will remain closed through the rest of the current school year.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray was at East High School making an announcement Monday on a strategy to reopen public schools. The plan is called Strategic Action for Flexible Education, or SAFE, a contingency plan to reopen schools, Ray said. Ray announced a task force to advise schools on a longer […]

Shelby County Schools hosted its first State of the District on Thursday morning.

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — The Plough Foundation made a major donation Tuesday to Shelby County Schools in the amount of $1 million. The donation will help SCS continue the work of the Continuous Improvement Zone, which is made up of 12 schools formerly part of the I-Zone, the lowest performing schools in the district. “You […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Shelby County Schools employee who had been quarantined after potential exposure to coronavirus has been cleared to return to work by health officials, SCS Superintendent Joris Ray said Wednesday. The employee at Treadwell Elementary and Middle schools had been placed on a 14-day cautionary quarantine late Sunday after contact with a […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Mid-South is mourning a businessman and philanthropist who has left his imprint throughout the Memphis-area. Memphis native Charles McVean died at the age of 78 on Sunday. McVean is the Chairman Emeritus of McVean Trading & Investments, LLC. He also helped bring the Big River Crossing to the Mid-South, and he […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There are now 30 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Shelby County, a jump of 20 cases in 24 hours, health officials said. One of those cases is a central nutrition services employee with Shelby County Schools, Superintendent Joris Ray said. Because of that, SCS is suspending planned meal preparation and community-wide distribution […]

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — Shelby County Schools is providing what they say is proof the district notified parents about finding unsafe amounts of lead in some schools’ water sources in 2017. Eight weeks after WREG requested documents, SCS officials recently provided a few emails dated Sept. 8, 2017. The first sent to county school board […]

The Shelby County Health Department confirmed a fourth case of coronavirus in the metro area.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An employee at Treadwell Elementary and Middle schools was placed on a cautionary quarantine after contact with a patient who tested positive for coronavirus, the school district said Monday. Shelby County Schools said the district confirmed late Sunday evening that the employee had been placed on a 14-day quarantine directed by the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Despite an online petition with about 10,000 signatures to cancel school in Shelby County for Halloween, Shelby County Schools said education will continue on the spooky holiday. A petition on change.org created by an SCS student asks students to sign in agreement that school should be cancelled on Oct. 31 and Nov. […]