Judge says he never meant to pause MSCS takeover
“Whenever the oversight board is up and ready to do business, I am going to dissolve my July 1st order,” U.S. District Court Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. said from his Nashville courtroom Friday. (The Daily Memphian file)
NASHVILLE — A federal judge didn’t mean to pause meetings of the state-appointed Memphis-Shelby County Schools takeover board in July, he said during a hearing on Friday, Oct. 2.
“Whenever the oversight board is up and ready to do business, I am going to dissolve my July 1st order,” U.S. District Court Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. said from his Nashville courtroom Friday.
But it is unclear what Crenshaw’s clarification from the bench may mean for control of Tennessee’s largest school system.
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Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today. Reach Laura with questions, story ideas or tips: Ltestino@dailymemphian.com or Ldtestino.54 on Signal.
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