Bill Willson was elected president of the Monroe City School Board during Tuesday night’s first meeting of the new year. The board has a 4-3 Black majority; however, Darryl Berry, of Southside’s District 4, voted with the board’s three white…

Bill Willson was elected president of the Monroe City School Board during Tuesday night’s first meeting of the new year. The board has a 4-3 Black majority; however, Darryl Berry, of Southside’s District 4, voted with the board’s three white…
Shelling makes history as the only board member elected to the same seat three times after having been ousted twice. Brenda Shelling has been re-elected to an unprecedented third term on the Monroe City School Board. …
Deborah Smith can legally run for the District 4 seat on the Monroe City School Board. District Attorney Steve Tew said Deborah Smith can run for the seat although she is not a resident of the newly redrawn district because…
Brandon “BJ” Johnson is the new president of the Monroe City School Board. Monday night, at its regular board meeting, Johnson was elected president on a four-three vote. Board member Jennifer Haneline received three… Log in to read the…
In a 5-2 vote, the Monroe City School Board extended the contract of Superintendent Brent Vidrine for two additional years. Voting for the extension were board members: Bill Willson, Jennifer Haneline, Darryl Berry, Sharon… Log in to read the remainder…
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…
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…