(I made this, from district data obtained via public records request and then compiled by student group)

This is what those *districtwide* attendance trends look like, for those interested. This is not what every school's trend looks like: https://t.co/oF21blrjIo

WE DID IT! As of 8:15am, @DailyMemphian’s #GivingTuesday total is $5,150. Thank you to all generous donors who pushed past our initial goal and then *over* the challenge goal! Together we are powering a more informed #Memphis. https://t.co/IYt8inRODF

In October, MSCS pledged to expand bus routes to support immigrant student attendance at school. But now, it’s unclear if attendance has dipped, and a bus expansion probably won’t happen before 2026 https://t.co/YsxEa2IN2C

Earlier in tonight's board meeting, board said a draft plan for district facilities is expected Dec. 16. Latest on this:

Speaking to MSCS board members, district's lobbyist praised efforts to "proactively" address concerns of Tenn. lawmakers, who are expected to reconsider takeover legislation in early '26. "Particularly the buildings," said Holland & Knight lobbyist Catie Lane Bailey

I am in fact up for the challenge of making everything about 1) my wedding photos 2) my dog and 3) supporting local news Donate here: https://t.co/So98voxz4R

“But you’re a nonprofit with a paywall” You’re right! Just like a museum charging you a ticket to enter. Donors are responsible for 20-25% of our budget. They help sustain programming I love, like being free to read in schools. Thank you🌟

How I feel when you support your local Memphis press on this ✨ Giving Tuesday ✨ https://t.co/So98voxz4R

More than 1,000 families in Frayser may be reassigned to different schools. The changes could be an example of what’s to come for other families as Memphis-Shelby County Schools makes plans to close, consolidate, repurpose and build campuses.

ICYMI: In an interview, interim MSCS Supt. Roderick Richmond has maintained he wants to remain in the job permanently. If the board were to launch a search today, he'd participate, he said. The board has been mum about how it will choose its next supt.: https://t.co/2k4jePwyPx

NEW: A group of local judges have ordered the @ShelbyTNSheriff and the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk's office to fix issues causing criminal case delays or risk having to appear in court themselves https://t.co/srLRl6Q8X4

Really excited for this #EWAFellows opportunity to tell some stories about Memphis students with disabilities and their families, and the challenges faced with getting students the resources they need to learn https://t.co/vWm2BRK5MV

New: Memphis 7-year-old with learning disabilities illegally handcuffed, pushed into school bookcase, lawsuit claims Hear from his mom in this @DailyMemphian story: https://t.co/Nwyk6TZ5k1

Other schools in Memphis and Shelby County earned a top performance reward designation. See those schools here: https://t.co/3EOEMyMmys

ICYMI: When Tennessee lawmakers ended the state takeover Achievement School District, it created new interventions for low-performing schools. The state released the new priority list, but has yet to assign schools to the new interventions: https://t.co/9bxGEEmhD3

A group in Tennessee, including two parents in Shelby County, allege that the state’s education voucher expansion “diverts state funding to private schools statewide that are by definition not part of the system of free public schools.” 

A new PAC supporting Feagins uses the catch phrases MSCS adopted under her leadership “Next is Now PAC | Learn, lead, leave a legacy”

Former Memphis-Shelby County Schools Supt. Marie Feagins is running for county mayor, @bdriesdm reports https://t.co/dPoQA22bk9

Does lawsuit appear likely? Yes. Does it technically exist yet? No.