MEMPHIS, Tenn. - In about eight months, all nine Memphis-Shelby County School (MSCS) board members could be back on the ballot. The decision to move the board's election cycle Monday night is just one of several actions Shelby County commissioners made in the wake of the firing of former Superintendent Marie Feagins.

All summer, there have been passionate pleas from the public for commissioners to give voters another say in who sits on the MSCS board. In response, commissioners have made several changes — including the hotly debated decision Monday night to align the board's election cycle with theirs — forcing all board members to run again in 2026. This change was most controversial because five of the nine members were just elected last year. That means this term will be cut in half.

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