{"county":"shelby","description":"Members of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) Board of Education are elected from nine districts covering all of Shelby County. The board hires and evaluates the superintendent, adopts district policies, reviews and approves the school-district budget, and sets the district's goals. Board members are elected officials, not district employees; as of 2025 they are limited to two consecutive four-year terms. Regular business meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month at the Frances E. Coe Administration Building, with a preceding work session.\n\n**Compensation:** members receive a per-meeting stipend set by county government; state law requires a minimum of $4/day ([T.C.A. \u00a7 49-2-202](https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-49/chapter-2/part-2/section-49-2-202/)).","district":"9","districtgroup":"county_school_board","id":110,"key":"county_school_board_division_9","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Joyce Dorse Coleman","next_election":"2018-11-08","notes":"120","officegroup":"county_school_board","partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- Policy judgment on a large urban district \u2014 Memphis-Shelby County Schools serves roughly 110,000 students across more than 200 schools, with a budget over a billion dollars.\n- Budget literacy for both operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the County Commission (which appropriates) and the Tennessee Department of Education.\n- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent \u2014 historically the highest-stakes recurring decision the board makes.\n- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, principals, and community members across an economically and racially diverse district.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required seven hours of annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association School Board Academy.","quantity":1,"source":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01","term_years":4,"terms":[{"current":1,"description":"","electiondate":"2022-08-06","name":"Joyce Dorse Coleman","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJoyce Dorse-Coleman is a native Memphian who has lived in the Orange Mound Community for about 40 years. Joyce is a proud graduate of Melrose High and the University of Memphis. After years in the medical field, Joyce recently retired.\n\nHer compassion and love for our youth runs very deep. She has been actively involved in all phases of the education process. Joyce is quick to remind people that she is not a politician, she is a parent and grandparent that is passionate about how our future is taking shape.\n\nJoyce and her husband, Theodore Coleman, are the proud parents of seven children. All are graduates of Shelby County Schools. They are even prouder to have nine grandchildren. Five of which are now enrolled in SCS.\n\nJoyce has been actively involved as chairperson for the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and Parent Teacher Association (PTA) for several years and at several different schools.\n\nJoyce's dedication was put to the test after her neighborhood\u2019s elementary school, Dunbar Elementary, was placed on the list of potential school closures. During this time Joyce became very ill, but that didn\u2019t stop her from allowing her voice to be heard with other community members and community leaders. Together, they fought to keep the doors of Dunbar open to ensure the children of the Orange Mound Community could receive the best education close to home.\n\n\"We must have people in place that are willing to be held accountable for what is taking place and that is just what I want you to do -- hold me accountable.\"\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [School Board (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=DORSE-COLEMAN&id=80170&f=196877&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n- **2026** \u2014 [School Board (SS-8005 (Amended))](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=DORSE-COLEMAN&id=80170&f=196877&v=2) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [School Board (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=DORSE-COLEMAN&id=80170&f=200733&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n- **2024** \u2014 [School Board (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=DORSE-COLEMAN&id=80170&f=198363&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-25.*\n","firstname":"Joyce","lastname":"Coleman","middlename":"Dorse","token":"iaJgb9h9C4"},"term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"},{"current":0,"description":"Elected in the May 5, 2026 Shelby County general election.","electiondate":"2026-05-05","name":"Joyce Dorse Coleman","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJoyce Dorse-Coleman is a native Memphian who has lived in the Orange Mound Community for about 40 years. Joyce is a proud graduate of Melrose High and the University of Memphis. After years in the medical field, Joyce recently retired.\n\nHer compassion and love for our youth runs very deep. She has been actively involved in all phases of the education process. Joyce is quick to remind people that she is not a politician, she is a parent and grandparent that is passionate about how our future is taking shape.\n\nJoyce and her husband, Theodore Coleman, are the proud parents of seven children. All are graduates of Shelby County Schools. They are even prouder to have nine grandchildren. Five of which are now enrolled in SCS.\n\nJoyce has been actively involved as chairperson for the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and Parent Teacher Association (PTA) for several years and at several different schools.\n\nJoyce's dedication was put to the test after her neighborhood\u2019s elementary school, Dunbar Elementary, was placed on the list of potential school closures. During this time Joyce became very ill, but that didn\u2019t stop her from allowing her voice to be heard with other community members and community leaders. Together, they fought to keep the doors of Dunbar open to ensure the children of the Orange Mound Community could receive the best education close to home.\n\n\"We must have people in place that are willing to be held accountable for what is taking place and that is just what I want you to do -- hold me accountable.\"\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [School Board (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=DORSE-COLEMAN&id=80170&f=196877&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n- **2026** \u2014 [School Board (SS-8005 (Amended))](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=DORSE-COLEMAN&id=80170&f=196877&v=2) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [School Board (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=DORSE-COLEMAN&id=80170&f=200733&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n- **2024** \u2014 [School Board (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=DORSE-COLEMAN&id=80170&f=198363&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-25.*\n","firstname":"Joyce","lastname":"Coleman","middlename":"Dorse","token":"iaJgb9h9C4"},"term_end":"2030-09-01","term_start":"2026-09-01"}],"title":"County School Board Division 9","type":"legislative","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}