After much legal maneuvering, all six incorporated municipalities (other than Memphis) created separate school districts in 2014.

[2] Total enrollment, as of the 2010-2011 school year, was about 103,000 students,[3] which made the district the largest in Tennessee.

[4] Some areas of unincorporated Shelby County were zoned to Memphis City Schools from Kindergarten through 12th grade.

[5] In November 2009, Memphis City Schools won a grant of $90 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

"[5] All MCS students were required to wear school uniforms from the fall of 2002 until the district was dissolved in 2013.

Sweatshirts had to be white, black, navy blue, tan or any other colors approved by the individual campus.

As of 2013 the corridor linking the wings had a double-locked doors, and the glass panels had been covered by particle boards.

Irving Hamer, the deputy superintendent of Memphis City Schools, described the barrier as "our Berlin Wall.