Millions of additional dollars could be headed to help pay for a new high school in Frayser, the MSCS’s first newly built high school in a decade. A tentative agreement has been reached between Shelby County and the school district to add $34 million in proposed new funding for a $112 million

Total funding for the new state-of-the-art high school has now reached $112 million. MSCS Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins said the additional funding will allow construction to start sooner than expected.

The Shelby County Commission is set to vote on the reallocation during its upcoming meetings in mid-December. Here's what we know now.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says a tentative agreement had been reached with Memphis-Shelby County Schools to hand over $34 million more for the construction of the new Frayser high school. The measure still has to be approved by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners and will bring Shelby County’s total

Shelby County invests an additional $34 million in a new Frayser High School, raising the total to $112 million.

The funds would have to be allocated at the Shelby County Commission’s meetings on Dec. 11 and Dec. 16, the last two before the end of the year.

Uncertainty surrounding plans for a new high school in Cordova is paving the way for progress in Frayser. Memphis-Shelby County Schools is allocating an additional $11 million to advance the project.

WREG got a first look at the architectural drawings for a new high school in Frayser. The new school off Dellwood would merge students from MLK Prep and Trezevant high schools. Demolition on the old MLK Prep already has begun.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins reached an agreement to approve $34 million to the new Frayser High School. The funding will go to the Shelby County Board of Commissioners to approval on December 11 and 16.