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All five candidates will be on the ballot for the May 5 primary election, and the winner will face independent candidate Frederick Dewayne Tappan in the general election on August 6.
Early voting begins on April 15, and all three candidates will be on the ballot as Democrats for the May 5 primary.
The district voted down applications for Blueprint College and Career Prep, Empowerment Academy, Memphis Elites STEAM Academy, Opportunity Youth Academy, and Urban Dove Team Charter Schools Memphis I and II, on the consent calendar.
The MNPS Board of Education denied every proposed charter school for the fifth straight year
The approvals came at the behest of Superintendent Dr. Marlon King, who in the past has made efforts to keep charter schools out of the district.
The commission voted 7-5 to act against the state’s takeover, but a two-thirds majority is needed to add the measure to the agenda for later voting.
School board members appear set to deny every proposed public charter school for a fifth straight year.
The K-12 grade school is set to open for the 2027-2028 school year in the northwest region of Rutherford County.
Gaston is the School Leader for the Urban Dove Team Charter School Memphis I, a planned charter school in the Hickory Hill area of Memphis that emphasizes learning as a team.
The House voted to adopt legislation that creates an oversight board over certain school districts, including MSCS. It now heads to Governor Bill Lee’s desk for his signature.
The Senate voted to approve an oversight board with far-reaching powers for Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) beginning next school year.
The public charter school is the first approved under a new state law that makes it easier to replicate existing school models.
The new plan would create an oversight board with the authority to deny school board actions.
The Empowerment Academy is one of three public charter schools proposed this year by an organization of the same name, with two others planned for Memphis and Nashville.
Trimble Academy supporters are expected to submit an amended application for a second review later this summer.
Chattanooga leaders and educators are giving the public a first look at the city’s new facility for career and technical education (CTE).
Supporters say a surprise decision last year spurred interest in establishing the school in the small town.
Rutherford County School Board members still have some questions about American Classical Academy’s request.
Metro Nashville Public School (MNPS) District 6 candidates were given the opportunity to answer questions in a public setting on Saturday night.
The site serves as a resource to track its response to the audit and provide transparency on its operations.
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission held a public hearing to give school leaders and parents an opportunity to explain why the new school is needed.
In the audit, officials revealed nearly 175 deficiencies involving a wide range of “widespread operational failures.”
The vote followed a lengthy debate about whether it was financially responsible to buy the property for less than its appraised value.
Nearly a year into the school’s first year, the executive director of Nurses Middle College – Nashville is dealing with rapid expansion while trying to secure new buildings, resources, and funding.
The charter school has spent its first year operating in a cluster of buildings behind the Donelson First Baptist Church.