A $20,000 merit pay bonus for Dr. Eric Davis was tabled last week, after board members expressed reservations about both the amount and procedure used to push the bonus through. The board in its regular meeting Thursday night, voted to…
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Johnson, Vidrine at odds over Davis appointment
“If that’s the way he wants to play, then let’s play, “ were the angry words of school board member Brandon Johnson after he learned that superintendent Brent Vidrine had named Eric Davis as principal of Carroll High School. Vidrine…
Vidrine says teacher raise could mean preschool closure in Monroe
A bill to give teachers a $1,000 a year raise is being debated in the Louisiana Legislature, but if the bill passes and teachers actually get a raise, Monroe City School Superintendent Brent Vidrine says he may be forced to…
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…