MSCS Superintendent Search Stalled as Board Balks at Slate of Finalists


The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board announced three finalists for the superintendent job — the current interim superintendent, Toni Williams, Brenda Cassellius from Boston and Carlton Jenkins from the Madison, Wisconsin, district — but said it would hold off on interviewing them.Ariel Cobbert for Chalkbeat

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