Memphis City Schools
Memphis City Schools (MCS) was the school district operating public schools in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It was headquartered in the Frances E. Coe Administration Building. On March 8, 2011, residents voted to disband the city school district, effectively merging it with the Shelby County School District.[1] The merger took effect July 1, 2013. After much legal maneuvering, all six incorporated municipalities (other than Memphis) created separate school districts in 2014.[2] Total enrollment, as of the 2010-2011 school year, was about 103,000 students,[3] which made the district the largest in Tennessee.
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MCS served the entire city of Memphis.[4] Some areas of unincorporated Shelby County were zoned to Memphis City Schools from Kindergarten through 12th grade. Some unincorporated areas of Shelby County were zoned to schools in Shelby County Schools for elementary and middle school and Memphis City Schools for high school.[citation needed]
As of August 2014 there are six new municipal school districts. Collierville Schools, Bartlett City Schools, Millington Municipal Schools, Germantown Municipal Schools, Arlington Community Schools and Lakeland School System. Shelby County Schools serves the city of Memphis and as well the unincorporated areas of Shelby County.
History edit
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In the mid-1960s, the district had about 130,000 students. The numbers of white students and black students were almost equal.[5]
In the mid-1960s, the district still segregated its schools. Daniel Kiel, a law professor at the University of Memphis who had authored publications about school integration in Memphis, said that the efforts to desegregate were, as paraphrased by Sam Dillon of The New York Times, "subterfuge and delay".[5] Desegregation first began with the Memphis 13, a group of first graders.[6] In 1973, the federal government ordered desegregation busing in Memphis. As a result, massive white flight occurred in Memphis City Schools. In 1973, the school district had 71,000 White students. In a period of four years, 40,000 of the White students left.[5]
In July 2011, the Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners voted to postpone opening Memphis City Schools indefinitely until the Memphis City Council provided money set aside for the school system.[7] The incident was reported in national news.
In 2011 Marcus Pohlmann, a Rhodes College political science professor, wanted to study the Memphis schools to compare performances of schools with low income student bodies and schools with higher income student bodies. He concluded that he was unable to do so because "There are no middle-class black schools in Memphis. They’re all poor."[5]
School uniforms edit
All MCS students were required to wear school uniforms from the fall of 2002 until the district was dissolved in 2013.[8] Students could wear oxford shirts, polo shirts, turtlenecks, and blouses with "Peter Pan" collars. Colors varied, depending upon the school. In general, all white shirts were acceptable. Sweatshirts had to be white, black, navy blue, tan or any other colors approved by the individual campus. Trousers, shorts, skirts, and jumpers had to be black, tan, or navy blue. Denim clothing was not allowed.[9] When MCS and SCS merged in 2013, the former MCS schools kept this uniform policy while the existing SCS schools did not, since the suburbs planned to form their own districts and leave SCS within a year.[10]
Schools edit
K-12 schools edit
Alternative
Secondary schools edit
7-12 schools edit
Zoned
- Bellevue Middle School[11]
- East Career and Technology Center[12]
- Kingsbury Middle/High School[13]
- Oakhaven Middle/High School
- Treadwell Middle/High School[14]
High schools edit
Zoned
- George Washington Carver High School[15]
- Central High School
- Cordova High School (Unincorporated Shelby County)
- Craigmont High School
- Douglass High School
- East High School[16] (Formerly a middle and high school)[17]
- Fairley High School[18]
- Frayser High School[19] (Formerly a middle and high school)[17]
- Germantown High School[20]
- Hamilton High School[21]
- Kirby High School
- Manassas High School[22]
- Melrose High School[23]
- Mitchell High School[24]
- Northside High School[25]
- Watkins Overton High School
- Raleigh-Egypt High School
- Ridgeway High School[26]
- Sheffield High School[27]
- Southside High School
- Trezevant High School[28] (Formerly a middle and high school)[17]
- Booker T. Washington High School
- Westwood High School[29]
- White Station High School
- Whitehaven High School[30]
- Wooddale High School
Alternative
- Middle College High School[31]
Middle schools edit
6-8
6-8
- Riverwood Middle School
- South Side Middle School
- (a 7-12 school until 07-08)
- (Wikipedia)
7-8
K-8 schools edit
Zoned
Alternative
K-7 schools edit
Zoned
Elementary schools edit
Zoned elementary schools edit
K-6
- Jackson Elementary School
- Kingsbury Elementary School
- Levi Elementary School
- Oakhaven Elementary School
- Shelby Oaks Elementary School
- Treadwell Elementary School
- Wells Station Elementary School
- Westwood Elementary School
- White's Chapel Elementary School
- Whitney Elementary School
K-5
- (Unincorporated Shelby County)
- Bethel Grove Elementary School
- William Brewster Elementary School
- Idlewild Elementary School
- Keystone Elementary School
- Klondike Elementary School
- Knight Road Elementary School
- Lakeview Elementary School
- LaRose Elementary School
- Lincoln Elementary School
- Magnolia Elementary School
- Manor Lake Elementary School
- Newberry Elementary School[32]
- Norris Elementary School
- Oak Forest Elementary School
- Oakshire Elementary School
- Orleans Elementary School
- Peabody Elementary School
- Rainshaven Elementary School
- Raleigh-Bartlett Meadows Elementary School
- Richland Elementary School
- Riverview Elementary School
- Ross Elementary School
- Rozelle Elementary School
- Scenic Hills Elementary School
- Sea Isle Elementary School
- Shady Grove Elementary School
- Shannon Elementary School
- Sharpe Elementary School
- Sheffield Elementary School
- Sherwood Elementary School
- South Park Elementary School
- Spring Hill Elementary School
- Springdale Elementary School
- Vollentine Elementary School
- Westhaven Elementary School
- White Station Elementary
- Whitehaven Elementary School
- Willow Oaks Elementary School
- Winchester Elementary School
- Winridge Elementary School
- Whites Chapel Elementary School
1-5
K-4
Alternative elementary schools edit
K-6
Former schools edit
Former elementary schools edit
- (closed spring 2007) (Students reassigned to Springdale Elementary School)
- Lauderdale Elementary School (closed spring 2007) (Students reassigned to Larose Elementary School)
- (closed spring 2007) (Students reassigned to Berclair Elementary School)
- was merged into Balmoral Elementary in spring 2007. The building underwent moderate renovations to accommodate what is currently Ridgeway High School's Ninth Grade Freshmen Academy.
- Graves Elementary School, closed in 2014.
Former secondary schools edit
- (closed spring 2007)
Former high schools edit
Blue Ribbon Schools edit
Seven Memphis City Schools have been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which honors schools that are academically superior or demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement.[33] These schools are:
- 1982-83 — Snowden School
- 1985-86 — Grahamwood School
- 1992-93 — Craigmont Junior/Senior High School
- 1993-94 — Richland Elementary School
- 2004 — Keystone Elementary
- 2005 — Delano Elementary School
- 2008 — John P. Freeman Optional School
Other facilities edit
Memphis City Schools was headquartered in the Francis E. Coe Administration Building,[34][35] It was shared with the pre-merger Shelby County Schools. The building has two wings, one for each district. As of 2013 the corridor linking the wings had a double-locked doors, and the glass panels had been covered by particle boards. Irving Hamer, the deputy superintendent of Memphis City Schools, described the barrier as "our Berlin Wall."[5]
See also edit
- History of Memphis, Tennessee
- List of high schools in Tennessee
- List of school districts in Tennessee
- Shelby County Schools
- WQOX, a radio station owned by Memphis City Schools
References edit
- ^ McMillin, Zack (8 March 2011). "Memphis voters OK school charter surrender". The Commercial Appeal. from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ Coverage of the School Merger News for Memphis, TN from The Commercial Appeal February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Campbell Robertson, Memphis to Vote on Transferring School System to County June 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, January 27, 2011
- ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Shelby County, TN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ a b c d e Dillon, Sam. "Merger of Memphis and County School Districts Revives Race and Class Challenges Archived June 15, 2013, at archive.today." The New York Times. November 5, 2011. Retrieved on June 3, 2013.
- ^ Moore, Linda (October 2011). "The Memphis 13: First-graders made history 50 years ago integrating Memphis schools". Memphis Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ Associated Press, 07.20.11–Fund spat delays Memphis school start indefinitely July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Public School Uniforms". NAESP. Retrieved 11 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "." Memphis City Schools. March 8, 2012. Retrieved on June 2, 2013.
- ^ School Uniform Policies Remain Unchanged (30 May 2013). "School Uniform Policies Remain Unchanged - Memphis Daily News". Memphis Daily News.
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- ^ K12.tn.us, Kingsbury December 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ K12.tn.us August 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us June 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c K12.tn.us September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us April 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us November 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us January 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us April 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us January 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us June 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us April 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ridgewayhigh.org October 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us November 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us June 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us December 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ K12.tn.us November 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program April 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Contact Us June 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine." Memphis City Schools. Retrieved on July 2, 2013. "Memphis City Schools 2597 Avery Avenue Memphis, TN 38112"
- ^ "Board of Commissioners March 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine." Memphis City Schools. Retrieved on July 2, 2013. "[...]the Francis E. Coe Administration Building, 2597 Avery Avenue."
Further reading edit
- Collins, Thomas W. and George W. Noblit. "Stratification and Resegregation: The Case of Crossover High School, Memphis, Tennessee." () - Info page. ERIC Number: ED157954.
- Noblit, George W. and Thomas W. Collins. School flight and school policy: Desegregation and resegregation in the Memphis City Schools. The Urban Review, Kluwer Academic Publishers. Fall 1978 (Cover date September 1, 1978), Volume 10, Issue 3, pp 203–212. DOI 10.1007/BF02174224. DOI 10.1007/BF02174224, Print ISSN 0042-0972, Online ISSN 1573-1960.
- Pohlmann, Marcus D. Opportunity Lost: Race and Poverty in the Memphis City Schools. University of Tennessee Press, 2008.
External links edit
- Memphis City Schools (mcsk12.net) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- Memphis City Schools (memphis-schools.k12.tn.us) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- SCSK12.org - Official Shelby County Schools Website