Despite having one of the highest-paid superintendents in the state, the Monroe City Schools is still struggling to educate African-American students when compared to whites and other races. The performance gap is getting wider, while blacks have shown some improvements…
The Louisiana Department of Education released letter grades for its schools this week. While most Monroe City Schools showed poor performances, some showed improvement despite their poor final outcomes. One school with an “A” letter grade. Neville High School.…
The Monroe City Schools has officially posted the position of principal for Neville Jr. High School, but the current principal has not resigned. According to Monroe School Board sources, the principalship of Neville Jr. High, presently filled by Mrs. Ashley…
Inside the board room of the Monroe City Schools is a plaque recognizing Henrietta George, a legend in local African-American history. As one of the first Blacks on the city school board, and the first Black female to hold public…
Starting next week Monroe City Schools will begin observing an optional “flex day” that has some scratching their heads wondering how it will be implemented. The board voted unanimously to allow principals to schedule weekly flex days that will allow…
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…
With rumors of COVID-19 infections infecting staff and teachers at several Monroe City Schools, there was little discussion about COVID safety procedures at Tuesday’s board meeting. The board spent most of its 42-minute meeting watching a squabble between Board President…
