Power of board over schools and subordinates.
Memphis Charter, art. 81, § 951
in effectSec. 951. - Power of board over schools and subordinates.
Said board shall have the power to employ and dismiss superintendents, teachers, agents, servants, etc., and determine their compensation; to contract for school rooms, purchase maps, globes, and whatever else they may deem necessary for the proper instruction of the pupils, and adopt such rules and regulations for their own government and the government of the schools, as they may deem expedient, keeping a full record of their proceedings.
(Priv. Acts 1868-69, ch. 30, § 7)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART81CHBOEDMESC_DIVIINGE_S951POBOOVSCSUFetched: 10/28/2026
