MSE Cordova Public Hearing&Comment
Looking Forward to Seeing You at the Public Hearing
Comment Opportunity for MSE Cordova Public Hearing
On Tuesday, September 17th, the SCS board approved our MSE Elementary Cordova application. MSE Elementary Cordova will start in the 2020-2021 school year. Our 6-12 application for MSE Cordova was denied based on the location of the school. SCS did not find any deficiencies in any application areas like academic planning, professional development plans, and test scores. The new policy SCS used considers the number of available seats, rather than the quality of the school option. We believe the quality of the school is what should be focused on instead of the quantity of the seats. The purpose of a new charter school is to provide access to more educational opportunities to students in areas where high-quality education is needed.
We have received your contact information through the form you have filled earlier in the year. MSE appealed SCS' decision to the state and there will be a public hearing on November 4, 2019, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm at TLA Auditorium (2458 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN, 38112). The State Board is hosting this public hearing in Memphis as a part of the appeal process. If you wish to make a public comment during the public hearing, you must sign-up prior to the public hearing date. Each individual who signs up will receive two (2) minutes to comment. You can sign up to comment by completing this online form. Written public comments may be submitted online.
You may find the appeal letter on this link. This is an opportunity for parents, community members to support MSE and expressed their concerns about the SCS denial. The sample comments for the public hearing can be found on this link.
Thank you to everyone for your support!
MSE Administration
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About MSE
Memphis School of Excellence is a college-prep, tuition-free, STEM-focused public charter school. In the most recent report by US News and World Report (Spring 2019), the Memphis School of Excellence was ranked the #2 best charter school (HS) in Tennessee and #37 among all TN high schools. MSE was awarded a bronze medal. The US News and World Report rankings are based on our students' performance on state tests and their college readiness.
Some of the MSE's previous successes can be found at this link and are listed below:
- MSE has a 100% graduation rate for classes of 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018, and a 98% graduation rate for the class of 2017 and 2019.
- 100% of MSE students have been accepted to a 4-year college.
- As of May 2019, the class of 2019 raised more than $4.39 million dollars in scholarships.
- SCS evaluates its charter schools using the Operational Scorecard. MSE had one of the highest scores on the Operational Scorecard among all charter schools.
- MSE Science Olympiad team received the overall second place at the 2019 Regional Science Olympiad competition and qualified to the state level. Our team competed at 23 events and received four first places, five second places, and seven third places.
- Some of the academic competitions are: Science Olympiad, Spelling Bee, Geography Bee, AMC, and Math Counts.
- MSE offered several sports teams during the 2018-2019 school year. More than 250 students participated in sports. Sports helped the school to reduce discipline problems and increase academic achievement and retention rates. Our HS volleyball team was the district runner up. Some of the sports MSE offered are: Middle School Boys Basketball, Middle School Girls Basketball, High School Boys Basketball, High School Girls Basketball, MS + HS Volleyball, HS Softball, HS Baseball, MS + HS Soccer, Middle School Boys Track, Middle School Girls Track, High School Boys Track, High School Girls Track, Bowling, HS Cross Country.
Memphis School of Excellence
Email: info@sememphis.org
Website: www.sememphis.org
Location: 4450 S Mendenhall Road, ste#1, Memphis, TN, 38141
Phone: 901-367-7814
Facebook: facebook.com/MSEMiddle
Twitter: @MSEMiddle