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Laura Faith Kebede / Chalkbeat Some middle and high school students in Memphis returned to classrooms Monday, completing Shelby County Schools’ phased plan to reopen buildings nearly a year after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted remote learning. About a fourth of middle and high school students were expected to return Monday. A third of pre-kindergarten and elementary students returned last week. Families have a choice to send children back to campus or to keep them learning from home via live videoconferencing, as they have done since August. The majority of district parents have chosen to stick with remote learning. Charter schools, which educate about 17% of the district’s students, can make their own reopening plans. Several more opened their buildings Monday, such as Freedom Preparatory Academy and Memphis Business Academy, which means nearly all charter schools in the city are offering in-person learning. ....
Municipal mayors say more restrictive health department orders could permanently harm businesses New Shelby County health directive in the works By Kendall Downing | December 18, 2020 at 6:06 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 6:13 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Monday, the Memphis City Councilâs executive session will take up a resolution to support the issuance of a Safer At Home order by the Shelby County Health Department. A copy of the resolution publicized Friday does not include specific details of what the order would entail. The online meeting is set for Monday at 10 a.m. Earlier this week, Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter said future restrictive efforts would require cooperation of elected bodies amid criticism of health department authority. ....