Memphis-Shelby County Schools, Memphis | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

As a former teacher, the insurance and benefits are laughable. We went to teach at a suburban school we get top notch primary care, testing, and imaging complelty free. The clinic is clean and professional. The clinic at SCS is old, dingy and dirty. The nurse couldn’t even do a proper swab for strep. SCS clinic is mostly sick care, where as at Care4Us the care is holistic and includes preventative. The small pay cut we took to change schools has already paid for itself with the access to health care.

Cigna with SCS is horrible! High premiums, high co pays, and still high dr Bill’s. With MedBen we have high premiums but nearly every everything is covered, the few co payments we have are half of what they were with Cigna.

We also have a certified mechanic shop at school the kids use for training and this has saved us a ton of money in car repairs.

At SCS they are really great with marketing and publicity. You will find all kinds of articles in the news about literacy, first covid HVAC etc…the reality is that’s one school but the articles will make it seem district wide. The other schools are ripe with mold, malfunctioning units, leaky windows, soiled carpets, and terribly poor reading scores. Their summer school is basically a place to cajole kids together to babysit while parents work. Their is no real study or advancing skills.

That was my biggest beefs with the schools. Other reviewers that mention rude, unprofessionalism is right on the money. As a SpED teacher your case load is barely manageable, switching schools we have SPED support, sped clerical, engaging superiors that support teachers. At SCS they are so worried about being sued, they will throw you under the bus immediately.

Dont be fooled by the higher pay, it will cost you your health to work for SCS.

In terms of office buildings and school buildings, this building was dirty on the outside and felt old and unclean on the inside. There was obvious mold stains covering the building and the technology there look like it was at least a decade out of date.

Instead of having an easy way to map the building, they have printed out signs tape to the wall to lead you where to go. They were not very clear all the time and for most of my visit I felt like I was going down a place I shouldn’t have been. This is almost unheard of in any other major city I’ve been to.

Even though I only went to one room in one building, The staff was quite nice and inviting. If it wasn’t for that I would have had a far worse experience. Though I still feel like the experience could have been better.