Millions of additional dollars could be headed to help pay for a new high school in Frayser, the MSCS’s first newly built high school in a decade. A tentative agreement has been reached between Shelby County and the school district to add $34 million in proposed new funding for a $112 million

Total funding for the new state-of-the-art high school has now reached $112 million. MSCS Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins said the additional funding will allow construction to start sooner than expected.

Shelby County invests an additional $34 million in a new Frayser High School, raising the total to $112 million.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says a tentative agreement had been reached with Memphis-Shelby County Schools to hand over $34 million more for the construction of the new Frayser high school. The measure still has to be approved by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners and will bring Shelby County’s total

Shelby County leaders said Tuesday a tentative agreement is in place to provide nearly $34 million for a new high school in Frayser. According to a news release from the county Dec. 3, 2024, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris,

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins reached an agreement to approve $34 million to the new Frayser High School. The funding will go to the Shelby County Board of Commissioners to approval on December 11 and 16.

At Hawkins Mill Elementary, chronic absenteeism plummeted. And at Trezevant High, graduation rates climbed closer to the district average. Both had been among Tennessee’s bottom 5% for over a decade.

The Shelby County Commission is set to vote on the reallocation during its upcoming meetings in mid-December. Here's what we know now.