Gerald Darling News Today

The shelves at a DC-area CVS outlet have been left almost completely bare, thanks to a mob of dozens of teenage shoplifters who routinely target the store for merchandise, according a report.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools named two new assistant superintendents and a security official as part of an academic restructuring.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools administrators want to spend $5.5 million on safety and security upgrades amid rising gun violence.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools administrators are recommending $5.5 million of security upgrades as part of an ongoing push to improve safety.

Nearly 2 in 10 Memphis-Shelby County schools will get new principals next school year, as Tennessee’s largest school district continues a sweeping restructuring that began last summer.

Jerica Phillips, Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ chief of communications, is the third member of Superintendent Joris Ray’s cabinet to exit this school year.

Gerald Darling, who will retire at the end of the month as Memphis-Shelby County Schools security chief, was hailed as “instrumental in the reduction of major incidents in our schools.” 

Carolyn Jackson, formerly the safety and security departments executive director, is the first Black woman to be the departments chief.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools chief of safety and security, Gerald Darling, retires Monday after 13 years in the position.