Kapoor: Transgender Awareness Week a reminder of need for equity, inclusion
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To the Editor:
This past week was Transgender Awareness Week which lead up to November 20th, the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Read More
Town Council denies Democrats’ choice to finish Kapoor’s term
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MONROE, CT — The Monroe Democratic Town Committee nominated Chrissy Fensore Martinez, a candidate who ran for the Board of Education last November, to finish Nick Kapoor’s term, following his recent resignation. Read More
SEEC fines Newtown DTC treasurer for controversial 112th District special election text
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HARTFORD, CT – The treasurer of the Newtown Democratic Town Committee was slapped with a $200 fine from the State Election Enforcement Commission following its decision over a complaint about a text sent out the night before a special election for Connecticut’s 112th District seat last year, which had no attribution telling voters who paid for it nor an approval from a candidate who stood to benefit. Read More
Transgender policy dispute leads to Kapoor’s resignation from school board
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MONROE, CT — A controversial Board of Education vote against the adoption of a transgender and gender non-conforming student policy led to the resignation of Nick Kapoor, the board member who proposed it.
Kapoor and Ferris square off over transgender policy vote
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MONROE, CT — Board of Education member Nick Kapoor, who is a Democrat, continues to criticize the board’s Republican majority for a June 6 vote against the adoption of a Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Policy for Monroe’s public schools, a vote that was taken without comment. Read More
Letter: Kapoor calls transgender policy vote ‘cowardly,’ ‘shameful’
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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. Read More
Monroe celebrates Pride Month with its 3rd annual flag raising
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MONROE, CT — Jordyn Chymbor-Souza, a rising sophomore at Masuk High School, helped First Selectman Ken Kellogg raise the Progress Pride Flag in front of Monroe Town Hall during a flag raising ceremony Saturday morning, as a crowd cheered them on. Read More
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School board honors retirees
MONROE, CT — Superintendent of Schools Joseph Kobza and Board of Education Chairman David Ferris presented plates to this year’s retiring educators during Monday night’s board meeting. Read More
Monroe schools to start mask optional policy Monday
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MONROE, CT — Board of Education members voted unanimously to suspend three policies requiring students to wear masks in school from Feb. Read More
School board trims budget proposal to a 4.75 percent increase
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MONROE, CT — Board of Education members used grant money to trim Superintendent Joseph Kobza’s 2022-23 budget proposal by $396,137, before approving a $64.4 million plan with a 4.75 percent spending increase. Read More