Unified School Board to close 6 schools

Unified School Board to close 6 schools
Unified School Board to close 6 schools
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

After a five-hour meeting Thursday, the Unified School Board decideD to close siX Memphis elementary and middle schools.

The schools that will be closed are Coro Lake Elementary, White Chapel Elementary, Orleans Elementary, Norris Elementary, Gordon Elementary, and Humes Middle School.

The Transition Planning

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Task force submits school voucher recommendations

Task force submits school voucher recommendations
Task force submits school voucher recommendations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -

A task force appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam to study how to start a school voucher program has submitted its recommendations to the governor.
 
The report submitted Thursday comes a year after Haslam appointed the nine-member task force, which included lawmakers and representatives from private and public schools.

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Buckaroo Hatters gains global reputation

Buckaroo Hatters gains global reputation
COVINGTON, Tenn. (FOX13) -

If you want to see a bona fide hat person, take a look at Johnny Depp.

Probably no one in film changes their look more drastically than this great actor.

One of the major look changers for Depp are hats and head gear of all kinds.

A change of hat can result in a real change in attitude and over all appearance.

That

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Rallying around cancer-stricken officer

Rallying around cancer-stricken officer
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Memphis police officers are digging into their pockets to help one of their own and they are asking the community to join in the effort.

Officer Michael Bremner, a 15-year veteran of the police force, is fighting stage IV cancer. He has also run out of his city-used sick time. Disability pay only pays a few hundred

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Do school closures contribute to Memphis blight?

Do school closures contribute to Memphis blight?
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton said he'd be willing to speak with Unified School Board members about how closing schools can impact the city's fight against blight.

About 11 years ago 600 children got their last glimpse of the elementary school generations before them had also attended.

But in saying goodbye to Florida

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