MCS Week of Monday, February 4, 2013

MCS Week of Monday, February 4, 2013

Community Budget Presentation

There will be a Community Budget Presentation on Monday, February 4th and Tuesday, February 5th at the Teaching and Learning Academy to discuss the merged school district's preliminary draft of the budget for the 2013-14 school year. The public is invited to attend.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Community

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Joe Ford Sr. arrested for writing a bad check

Joe Ford Sr. arrested for writing a bad check
Joe Ford Sr. arrested for writing a bad check

Joe Ford Sr. was arrested this morning for passing a bad check to a Memphis liquor store.  The amount of the check was for over $1300 which is a felony.  Joe Ford Sr. is the former Memphis City Councilman, Shelby County Councilman and Shelby County interim Mayor. Ford is being processed at 201 Poplar as of 8:10am Tuesday.

Ford was arrested in 2011

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Transfer process for unified schools announced

Transfer process for unified schools announced
Transfer process for unified schools announced

The 2013-14 General Choice Transfer process for all students in Shelby County will begin on February 15, 2013 and run through April 1, 2013.

Combining the former "Open Enrollment" transfer process of Memphis City Schools (MCS) and the "Student Transfer" process of Shelby County Schools (SCS), the General Choice Transfer process allows parents to

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President confident of gun background checks

President confident of gun background checks
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

President Barack Obama made his first campaign-style speech in Minnesota on Monday on the top topic of gun control.
 
But the tone of the conversation may be changing.

Better mental health evaluations and background checks are facets of the problem getting more attention.
 
In January, the president said he would push

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300K sports-related concussions occur annually

300K sports-related concussions occur annually
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

With national football signing day coming up Wednesday, thousands of high school football players will be signing letters of intent to play college football.

But does the reward of a free ride through college outweigh the risk of serious injury?

The game of football is dangerous, this is true. But  if you take

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