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Challenges, concerns and delay after delay on the two new school projects were shared with Jackson-Madison County School System since at least April. Neither project developer and construction manager Hal Crocker nor JMCSS acknowledged a delay, and Crocker consistently expressed the goal and ability in making the July 31 completion date.
Even though crews prioritized Jackson Central-Merry School’s renovation over Madison Academic’s new building construction, Crocker Construction is “out of time to make up for delays,” according to Crocker.
So JCM won’t be ready despite the goal to finish in time or the prioritization, meaning around 700 students who were registered to the 6-12 middle and high school won’t get in their building before September and neither can the staff tasked with educating them.
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Remember April of 2020 when the Jackson-Madison County School Board, the Madison County Commission and the Jackson City Council got together for ceremonial ground-breakings at Jackson-Central Merry and University of Memphis at Lambuth campuses?
It was an unusual time because the COVID-19 pandemic had just shut schools and large gatherings down, but the school board had just hired Marlon King as its next superintendent, and he was nearly three months away from taking over the district’s leadership.
A good number of people showed up for the ceremonies, and it was a nice symbolic time as King posed for photos with former superintendent Eric Jones and the interim between Jones and King, Ray Washington – kind of a past, present, future kind of thing.