About 40 managers and clerical workers got pink slips this week as Memphis City Schools continues slimming down, although 12 teachers are back on the payroll after the teachers’ union went to bat for them. Twelve other teachers with less seniority — all high school vocational instructors — got layoff notices this week instead. Havier [...]

In one of the best-attended school budget hearings in recent history, Supt. Kriner Cash broke down the challenges of cutting $100 million — more than 10 percent — from the Memphis City Schools budget and why teachers and retirees can expect to feel the biggest pinch. Dozens of people listened, made notes and looked on [...]

Showdown Over Schools The Memphis City Schools board has filed paperwork to garnishee the city’s First Tennessee Bank account for $57.4 million, “a last resort” after years of court rulings and no response from the city. “(Last month) marked the two-year anniversary of the Chancery Court’s final order requiring the city of Memphis to fund [...]

If every group hoping to open a charter school here next fall is approved, about 1,500 children — and the tax dollars that support them — will move away from the city schools. The Memphis City Schools board has received 14 charter applications, predominantly from grass-roots organizations, including faith groups, that want to be in [...]

The City Council slashed $57 million from its annual contribution to Memphis City Schools two years ago but put no money aside in case of unfavorable court rulings in its dispute with the school district. Instead, the council delivered a property-tax-rate reduction to citizens and increased city spending by more than $40 million. City employees [...]

Rebecca Panter (left) and Jasmyn Wright, who moved from out of state to teach at Evans Elementary School, set up for the first day of class. First-year Memphis City Schools teacher Jasmyn Wright, 21, grew up in South New Jersey, studied a semester in Africa and graduated a semester early from Spelman College with a [...]