MONROE CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES NOTICE OF RECORDS DESTRUCTION The Monroe City Schools Division of Student Support Services, 300 Sherrouse Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana, will be destroying Special Education records of students whose special educational services ended or…
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School board approves charter, Willson, Vidrine working to flip a black member
The school board approved a charter school, over the superintendent’s objection, but Vidrine, Willson mount push to flip one black board member to undo the vote Wednesday Monroe City School Board approved the application of local educators to begin the…
Tempers flare as leaders focus on school system deficiencies
In two days of meetings, six black community groups unite to speak with one voice about problems with the city school district; problems not expected with a 5-2 Black school board. A consortium of groups in the Monroe Community met…
Board members admit they never consult parents about major decisions
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…
Court hears arguments over Excellence Academy appeal
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…
NAACP vows new suits, despite court “Unitary” declaration
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…
Testimony ends in city schools’ Unitary case in Federal Court
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…