Showdown Over Schools / Scs Files Suit Over Surrender -- Complaint Says City Shirking Duty to Kids; Rapid Takeover 'Impossible'

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Shelby County school leaders have taken their fight against consolidation to the courts, filing a federal lawsuit Friday alleging that the city school board's "irrational" charter surrender deprives Memphis students of their constitutional rights.

In the lawsuit, suburban district leaders also blast the city of Memphis and the Memphis City Council for supporting "the (MCS) board's unplanned and un-thoughtful effort to abandon its obligations to the children of Memphis."

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Showdown Over Schools / Scs Files Suit Over Surrender -- Complaint Says City Shirking Duty to Kids; Rapid Takeover 'Impossible'

For weeks, SCS officials hinted at an impending lawsuit. They filed the suit a day after the City Council accepted the Dec. 20 decision of the Memphis City school board to surrender its charter.

With the City Council's vote, there's uncertainty about when MCS ceases to exist. Even as the county board was filing its legal challenge, MCS communications staff were sending out ...

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