MSCS officials recommended that the board deny applications by five schools in Tennessee’s turnaround district, plus bids from four new schools. The board approved two schools.
If the MSCS board denies the schools’ charter applications, the district could operate them later as traditional schools. But if that doesn’t happen, the schools would close.
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board denied initial applications from 10 charter schools, including several exiting the state’s failed turnaround program.