Four members of the Monroe City School Board revealed that they never consulted their constituents before they made major decisions during the last four years. The revelations came at a candidate’s forum sponsored by the Carroll Alumni Association at the…
Lawyers for school board learned in court Tuesday that its claims that the Wright family had unethical ties to Excellence Academy had been investigated by State Ethics Board and dropped. Should a Monroe Charter School be given…
The Ouachita Parish NAACP and leaders of the Black Community are disappointed that the federal courts have dismissed the 53-year-old desegregation suit effectively declaring the school district free from discrimination and court supervision. A decision in the case styled…
Both sides have made their final argument in the 53-year old desegregation case against the Monroe City schools, and the decision is now in the hands of the courts. Final witnesses and closing arguments were made in the case…
Brent Vidrine and the School Board has refused to even hear comments by anyone in the district that may not disagree with its consent decree position, but Federal Judge Robbie James wants to know what the community thinks, even…
Rev. Rodney McFarland and the Monroe City School refused to hear what the NAACP had to say about dropping federal oversight over city schools, but the U.S. Justice Department was all ears. Before they met with the judge on Tuesday, they…
“We were disappointed with the disrespect shown to us.” Those were the words of NAACP president Rev. Ambrose Douzart after School board president Rodney McFarland reportedly delivered on a promise to embarrass the NAACP at Wednesday night’s school board meeting.…
