One of the greater unknowns of the next school year will be the status of the Memphis-Shelby County School’s FY2027 budget. One of the levers of the power of a state-picked oversight board will be control of the annual budget.
Despite the lack of clarity, MSCS brass aren’t deviating from standard operating procedure. On Wednesday, May 13 the district’s leadership presented its first draft of the proposed $1.69 billion budget to Shelby County Commissioners.
According to the new MSCS leader, the document stresses five “A’s” — academics, attendance, attitude, athletics and arts — as a “pathway to greatness.”…