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Porter-Leath & Shelby County Schools end partnership; SCS said it will provide direct Pre-K services instead
Porter-Leath said the split, which the group s leaders said they learned about on a statewide phone call, is effective June 30, 2021.
Credit: Porter-Leath Published: 12:14 PM CDT June 10, 2021 Updated: 4:36 PM CDT June 10, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Porter-Leath said Thursday that Shelby County Schools is ending its relationship with the organization, saying SCS did not include the group in its Reimagine 901 plan and continually decreased Head Start funding for the group.
Porter-Leath said the split, which the group s leaders said they learned on a statewide phone call, is effective June 30, 2021. Porter-Leath said it will continue providing preschool services in the upcoming school year.
Boyd County High School and Boyd County Middle School turned to virtual instruction only on Thursday and will again today following a rise in COVID-19 cases.
According to Bill Boblett, the school systemâs superintendent, eight high school students had tested positive and there were four positive tests among middle school students as of Thursday at 11 a.m. As a result of contact-tracing, about 100 high schoolers and 150 middle schoolers are in quarantine.
âWe have an uptick in cases in our schools,ââBoblett said. â. Itâs very frustrating and very taxing, for parents, staff, kids, and me. We just think this is the best decision for right now.â
The Aledo ISD board of trustees officially named its 2019 bond projects this week.
Voters approved the $149.95 million bond on Nov. 5, 2019, which includes a new elementary school, a new middle school, Aledo Middle School renovation and expansion, the conversion of McAnally Intermediate School into an elementary school and the renovation of Vandagriff Elementary School into an early childhood campus.
The new elementary school No. 6, which will be on Farm-to-Market Road 5 across from the Annetta Cemetery, is now Annetta Elementary School. Annetta Elementary School will serve kindergarten through fifth grade.
âI think it pays homage to the heritage of our school district,â AISD Board Secretary Forrest Collins said. âOnce upon a time there was a school named Annetta School and it serviced the Annettas. It was adjacent to Annetta Methodist Church and that school I believe had two classrooms, an auditorium and a fireplace, thatâs how old it was. So to honor our past