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NAACP opposes Berry as school board president, sellout claimed

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Free PressBreaking News

Daryll Berry has been named President of the Monroe City School Board in a controversial vote that the NAACP says does not reflect the interest of the students of the system. Berry, who was nominated and supported by the Board’s…

Ambrose Douzart, Daryll Berry, Monroe City School Board, NAACP, Sharon Neal

Berg Jones Elementary closed as Covid spreads, Johnson upset

November 10, 2020November 12, 2020 Free PressBreaking News

The shutdown of Berg Jones Lane Elementary School for an entire week due to Covid concerns was not an agenda topic for Tuesday’s school board meeting, but one board member, Brandon “B.J.” Johnson, said the board needs to become more…

COVID-19, Monroe City School Board, Monroe City Schools

Monroe City School Board: June 23, 2020 Minutes

July 30, 2020 Free PressLegals

Monroe City School Board of Education 2006 Tower Drive Monroe, Louisiana 71201 MINUTES The Monroe City School Board met in regular session, Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at Monroe City School District Central Office, 2006 Tower Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71201. The…

Minutes, Monroe City School Board

Johnson says more school reopening details needed

July 26, 2020July 30, 2020 Free PressBreaking News

  At least one Monroe City School Board member thinks the board is dragging and moving too slow to inform parents and staff about details of school reopening next month.   Brandon Johnson voiced his concerns at the Thursday meeting…

Brandon Johnson, Monroe City School Board, school reopening

Board approves Minority business set aside policy as first step

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 Free PressBreaking News

    The Monroe City School Board spends hundreds of thousands of dollars in purchases each year, but historically made little effort to insure racial minorities, women and the disadvantaged get a share. However, Tuesday night the board took what…

Monroe City School Board, School Board President Betty Cooper

Arguments end on homeowner’s school board suit

August 13, 2019August 14, 2019 Free PressBreaking News

Arguments ended Wednesday in a civil suit filed by persons representing the West Parkview Homeowner’s Association accusing the city school board of implementing policies that violate the state open meetings law. Homeowners claim that the school board has erected artificial…

Monroe City School Board

Charter to help low performing elementary students, reversed

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Free PressEducation

The application for the J.W. Brown Laboratory Charter school is on its way to the BESE Board after the Monroe City School Board reversed itself and voted down the charter’s application in a special meeting Monday. In an earlier May…

BESE Board, J.W. Brown Laboratory Charter school, Monroe City School Board

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Celebrating Birthdays Today: --Angel Thomas. -—In Loving Memory of Lula Riley, Rena Jefferson, Gene Fitch, Patrick Beavers, Gail Harris, Louis Ray Elmore, Jr., Lillie Mae Woods, Josephine Ford, Beatrice Martin, Rev. Edward Shorts, William Horne, Sr., Magdalean Young. (3)
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--- This week in 1997 Dr. Claude Minor recognized as the first Black Chief of Staff at North Monroe Hospital. Read More (24)
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