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Making deadline on JCM, Madison another tall hurdle for Crocker | Opinion View Comments Remember April of 2020 when the Jackson-Madison County School Board, the Madison County Commission and the Jackson City Council got together for ceremonial ground-breakings at Jackson-Central Merry and University of Memphis at Lambuth campuses? It was an unusual time because the COVID-19 pandemic had just shut schools and large gatherings down, but the school board had just hired Marlon King as its next supe...

View Comments The development company responsible for two school projects currently underway will be a partner in the affordable housing construction and neighborhood revitalization in the areas around those schools, thanks to a grant and multi-agency collaboration. In early 2021, Healthy Community, LLC submitted a $1 million grant proposal to build affordable homes around the renovated 6-12 Jackson Central-Merry High and the new Madison Academic High, both of which Healthy Community is oversee...

A year ago, workers started the long-anticipated construction of the new Madison Academic High and renovated Jackson Central-Merry High with plans for an August 2021 opening, which is now less than four months away. Registration has filled around 700 seats at the 6-12 grade JCM that’s been closed since May 2016 just as Madison Academic accepts hundreds of students from its randomized lottery. Last school year, Madison had more than 400 students, but the new school’s capacity is for 600 stud...