Editor’s Note: The following is a letter from Nick Kapoor, a member of the Monroe Board of Education. To the Editor,
After nearly a year of waiting for the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Policy to be voted on, the Board of Education majority took the most cowardly and shameful route by voting it down without a word of discussion. The transphobia, xenophobia, and “don’t say gay” mentality that has gripped the national Republican Party for some time was beyond evident at the June 6th Board meeting. Isn’t it the responsibility of elected officials to explain their votes? Would we expect our Congressman or Senators to take a vote and not answer questions about it?
Monroe educator is Connecticut’s Middle School Science Teacher of the Year
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MONROE, CT — Melissa Carter grew up in Monroe and went on to embark on a 19-year-teaching career after graduating from Masuk High School with the Class of ’98. Read More
Masuk Cultural Fair features ethnic food, music and dancing
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MONROE, CT — Students crowded into the bleachers inside Masuk’s gymnasium Friday afternoon to watch their peers share their cultural backgrounds through live Guatemalan music, Indian dancing and other entertainment. Read More
Monroe school board decides against adopting a transgender policy
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MONROE, CT — Nick Kapoor’s proposal for a Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth Policy for Monroe’s public schools went down quietly in a vote along party lines Monday night. Read More
Senior Awards recognize Masuk’s outstanding students
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MONROE, CT — Masuk High School Principal Steve Swensen addressed the audience inside the school’s packed auditorium for the annual Senior Awards Thursday night. Read More
Video: MPD Torch Run leaves Route 111 drivers ‘Thunderstruck’
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MONROE, CT — Police vehicles escorted a group of Monroe police officers, running together as they turned onto Monroe Turnpike from Edith Wheeler Memorial Library for their leg of Special Olympics Connecticut’s annual Torch Run late Friday morning. Read More
Stepney educator Lisa Martinsky is Monroe’s Teacher of the Year
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MONROE, CT — Superintendent of Schools Joseph Kobza introduced Stepney Elementary School second grade teacher, Lisa Martinsky, as Monroe’s new Teacher of the Year during Monroe Public Schools end of year district celebration Wednesday night. Read More
For Monroe students visiting Germany, music is an international language
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MONROE, CT — Lisa Homann and the families of 22 of her music students were determined not to allow COVID-19 to interfere with their international trip to Germany this spring. Read More
Two retiring teachers leave Masuk with its accredited status intact
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MONROE, CT — Masuk High School teachers Bonnie Waring and Nancy Zukowski, who are both retiring this spring, will leave their school in a good place. Read More
Monroe hires an instructional leader with 18 years of experience in education
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MONROE, CT — Corey Evans, an Oxford High School English teacher who led her department there since 2010, was recently named secondary instructional leader for English Language Arts for Monroe Public Schools, replacing Jeff Seymour, who is retiring in June. Read More
Spectagala brings Roaring ’20s to life, from flapper girls to the Babe
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MONROE, CT — Masuk High School’s media center took visitors back to the 1920s Friday, to an era of bobbed hairdos, zoot suits and Ford Roadsters. Read More