Despite complaints that Black student performance in the district is declining, the Monroe City School Board gave its Superintendent a new contract and a $12,000 raise. In a 5-1 vote with one abstaining, the board voted to extend the contract…
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City School workers to get COVID checks, support staff to get less
Teachers and support staff of the Monroe City Schools will get an extra check in a few days, but some board members think support staff deserve more. In a contentious meeting Tuesday night, board members approved special incentive checks for…
Betty Cooper, Johnson elected to head city schools
Betty Ward Cooper is the new President of the Monroe City School Board. Cooper was elected Tuesday night during the board’s regular board meeting. Brandon “B.J.” Johnson was elected vice-president. The election was not unanimous. White members of the board…
Washington misspelled “Salvageable” in round three
Bre’Ann Washington was on pins and needles this week as she sat among 562 top spellers from around the world ready to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Washington, from Robert E. Lee Junior High in Monroe, felt her…
Cooper says new board members blindsided by MLK vote, upset
Betty Cooper, city school board member from District 5, forwarded a public response to the city school board’s decision to build a new MLK in a flood zone, whose contract provided for no black or women subcontractors. She accused the…