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MONROE, CT — Justin Orlando, a Republican candidate for the Board of Education who opposes mask mandates, literally wore his views on his chest during an interview at Starbucks Friday morning. Read More
MONROE, CT — Themis Klarides, the former House minority leader, who has an exploratory committee in place to test the waters for a run for governor next year, headlined a Monroe Republican Town Committee fundraiser at Vazzy’s Osteria on Main Street Tuesday night. Read More
MONROE, CT — Ronald Bunovsky Jr., who serves as finance director for the town and the school district, was described by some Board of Education members as a “tiny Superball” bouncing tirelessly between the town and Board of Education, a “rockstar”, “a god” and like having legendary slugger Mickey Mantle in your lineup. Read More
MONROE, CT — Many students took advantage of a new option Tuesday, allowing them to go to school for in-person-learning four days a week. Read More
MONROE, CT — A global pandemic is causing uncertainty over what the needs of the school lunch program will be next fall, so the Board of Education decided to take advantage of a federal bid waiver to extend the contract with its food provider by one year. Read More
MONROE, CT — Nick Kapoor, a school board member, says the board’s charge is to pass a budget that fully funds education, so during Tuesday’s meeting he motioned to approve Superintendent of Schools Joseph Kobza’s budget proposal as is, with the 5.85 percent spending increase intact. Read More
MONROE, CT — Could lunches students can heat up at home, like fried macaroni and cheese and chicken nuggets, entice more families to participate in the National School Lunch Program? Read More
MONROE, CT — Children arrived at Monroe’s three elementary schools Monday morning, coming from buses and parent drop-offs, as a much smaller number of their classmates opted to log into their computers for remote learning from home. Read More
MONROE, CT — Distance learning forced by the COVID-19 pandemic last spring wiped away a projected budget deficit for the Board of Education and left it with a $323,000 surplus for fiscal year 2019-2020. Read More