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MEMPHIS, Tenn.– The Shelby County Schools will now be known as Memphis-Shelby County Schools after the board voted to rebrand the district Tuesday night. SCS said the change was necessary to reflect the geographical location as well as the families they serve. More than 80% of students live within the city of Memphis. The name […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A parent accused of assaulting two teacher’s assistants inside a school was in court Wednesday morning. According to Memphis Police Department, 38-year-old Shana Disroe entered Sharpe Elementary through an unlocked back door near the cafeteria. The teacher’s assistants told police that Disroe felt like her son was being disrespected and she immediately […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two employees of a rural Tennessee town that resisted a takeover attempt by the state after Ford Motor Co. announced plans to build an electric truck plant nearby have been charged with the theft of town funds and official misconduct, officials said Wednesday. Reva Marshall, the former finance officer for the […]

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — We are a week away from school starting for Memphis Shelby County Schools, while a teacher shortage looms over the nation. In May, school hadn’t even ended yet, but the district was already planning for the upcoming year. Applicants filed into a building off Jackson. “We are trying to ensure we […]

As we near the end of the school year, there’s one group of Shelby County students who are graduating at a higher rate than others. Roughly 8 out of 10 black girls graduated from Memphis-Shelby County Schools last year. That’s higher than any other group by gender or ethnicity. And among girls who are economically […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A man has been charged with three burglaries at an elementary school in Frayser. 34-year-old Thompson Puckett is accused of stealing more than $8,000 worth of property from Westside Elementary. He was arrested Monday morning after Memphis-Shelby County Schools security responded to an alarm at the school on Dawn Drive and found Puckett […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A program that pays students to help keep guns out of Memphis schools appears to be paying off, but the problem of guns in schools hasn’t gone away completely. Buddy Chapman says since the Trust Pays program started 16 years ago, 212 guns have been removed from schools. He says giving money to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — August 8th marks the first day of school for Memphis-Shelby County School students. The school day will start with students stepping onto brand-new buses. The district is partnering with First Student Transportation. Its fleet of buses are equipped with the latest safety features. Cameras will capture drivers who run the extended stop […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Masks are still required for students and staff in Shelby County, according to the county’s health director, despite a new Tennessee law banning health departments and schools from requiring masks. That includes both SCS, the state’s largest district, and the smaller municipal school districts in Shelby County. Dr. Bruce Randolph sent a […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– The Memphis-Shelby County School Board voted to initiate an independent investigation into possible policy violations by Superintendent Joris Ray and placed the superintendent on paid leave. The board voted 7-2 during a special called meeting Wednesday. Former U.S. Attorney Edward Stanton and former MLGW counsel Herman Morris were appointed to investigate. The school […]

Note: The story was changed to correct the amount of Tesco’s contract with HUD. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it’s ending its contract with the owners of the Peppertree apartments in Whitehaven after a long history of maintenance and crime issues. The owners of the complex, Germantown-based Tesco, […]