Tag: Unified School Board

  • School budget presentation for Livable Memphis

    Over the weekend, I was honored to give a presentation on school funding for Livable Memphis at Rhodes College. Since the we don’t have a budget for the upcoming year yet, even though we’re just 60 days out, I talked about the budget from last year, and hoped to give a little insight as to…

  • A Little Resolution, A Lot of Cold Comfort – #voteshelby

    As I’ve noted in my last two posts, the business of the Shelby County Election Commission has been about as easy to pick through as high density, double reinforced concrete. There’s so little information available, and the information that is available is plain useless. So I decided to spend 3 hours of my day sitting…

  • What About the School Board?

    Ed. Note: For a fuller discussion of the current proposals on County redistricting, check out this post. Another issue, which is perhaps secondary to the debate on County redistricting, is that of the School Board. In the consent order from Judge Mays, the Unified School Board will go to 7 member after the unification of…