Althea Greene
Althea Greene is running for re-election to the Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) Board of Education for District 2. She currently serves as the school board chair. With her extensive background in education, Chair Greene is well-equipped to continue to advocate for the needs and interests of the students and schools within the district. Throughout her 38-year teaching career, the retired educator has witnessed firsthand the challenges and triumphs of the education system. She is committed to making a positive impact on the lives of students and teachers in the community. With a passion for ensuring quality education for all, Chair Greene's re-election bid for the MSCS Board of Education offers a promising opportunity to bring about meaningful change and improve the educational outcomes of the district.
MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION - DISTRICT 2
Althea Greene
Althea Greene is running for re-election to the Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) Board of Education for District 2. She currently serves as the school board chair. With her extensive background in education, Chair Greene is well-equipped to continue to advocate for the needs and interests of the students and schools within the district. With a passion for ensuring quality education for all, Chair Greene's re-election bid for the MSCS Board of Education offers a promising opportunity to bring about meaningful change and improve the educational outcomes of the district.
MEMPHIS SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD - DISTRICT 2
Who am I?
QUALIFICATIONS
Leadership
Current chair (2nd year), Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education
Former School Board vice chair, and former chair of the MSCS Academics and Evaluation Committee.
Community & Faith
Chair Greene’s faith has sustained her life-long commitment to community service. As well as being the first woman consecrated as a bishop in Memphis, she currently serves as the senior pastor of Real Life Ministries. Her faith-based initiatives include recent efforts like pandemic-related food giveaways, serving the needs of the homeless and helping the less-fortunate pay their utilities.
Experience
As a retired teacher at Snowden Elementary, Althea Greene served the community she has lived in her entire life. Now, as the current Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education Chair and a NAACP Memphis Branch member, Greene would like to continue serving on the school board.
Business & Education
As an entrepreneur, Chair Greene continues to give back to the community, by constantly making donations to schools and families in District 2. Owner of Greene’s Grill and Three Generations Catering, she is a Memphis City Schools graduate, who earned her Bachelor of Science from LeMoyne Owen College and a Master of Arts from Tusculum College.
Academic Growth
Chair Greene is committed to continuing to work with the other board members and the superintendent on academic growth for students. As a district, we continue to prioritize reading and math to improve outcomes. I support additional reading assistants and after school tutors to support our students who need more assistance with those subjects.
Advocacy
Chair Greene understands the needs of students and the challenges the school district faces. When she is re-elected, Chair Greene will continue her commitment to fight for equal funding for schools from county, state and federal sources. She will also advocate for teacher raises. Greene will seek additional funding to renovate neglected schools and explore reuse possibilities for vacant campuses based on the upcoming infrastructure report.
School Vouchers
Chair Greene is against school vouchers and has publicly come out against Governor Bill Lee’s voucher program. She strongly believes this will take much needed funding away from public schools who need these funds. Although, the voucher resolution failed in the Tennessee legislature this year, the governor has promised to bring it back next year. Chair Greene will continue to fight against this proposal.
Bishop Edward Stephens
Golden Gate Cathedral
We Support Althea...
CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
Rev. Elaura James
Coleman Chapel CME
Rev. Anthony Anderson
Faith United Methodist
Rev. Monroe Blocker
Springdale Baptist
Rev. Robert Jones, Jr
Keel Avenue Baptist
Rev. Robert C. Jones, Jr.
Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist
Want to help?
If you are passionate about making a difference in your school community, please join Althea Greene's re-election campaign for the Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) Board of Education.
If you are passionate about education and want to support positive change, please consider donating to Althea Greene's campaign for re-election to the Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) Board of Education.
Paid for by Friends of Althea Greene, Brian Malone, Treasurer.