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TRENTON — A Capital Health billing representative, who is black, faced racially offensive language at work, though her firing after two years of attendance issues was not a clear case of retaliation, according to an investigation by the…

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The 2022 Sunflower Music Festival will host concerts to highlight African-American classical artists at both Washburn University and the Brown v. Board with a national endowment grant. Washburn University says its…

MONROE, CT - Suzanne Giampaolo was hired as a special education teacher when she first met the group's principal, Jack Ceccolini, in the Masuk High School cafeteria during convocation in 1987. social outings with mutual friends before…

MONROE, CT - Suzanne Giampaolo was hired as a special education teacher when she first met the group's principal, Jack Ceccolini, in the Masuk High School cafeteria during convocation in 1987. social outings with mutual friends before…

On December 6, at the launch party for The Drake Gives, owner Alec Glasser simply said, “The restaurant exists and The Drake Gives exists because I learned the saxophone in public school. Without it, we would not be here today. It is…

By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ | California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ A Southern California company recently made a job offer to a black candidate they allegedly turned down because of their natural hairstyle. Encore Global, which is…

MONROE, CT - Schools Superintendent Joseph Kobza is proposing a budget of $ 64.8 million for Monroe public schools for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, a 5.39% increase from current spending. According to Kobza, increasing student enrollment,…

William Warfield, an African-American singer known for his performances of Porgy in George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" and Joe in the 1951 musical "Show Boat", now has a permanent memorial in Rochester.The singer, songwriter, actor and…

Masks will always be a part of daily life for Monroe County's largest school district as it prepares to return to a traditional learning pattern this school year. In a district-wide email sent to families late Monday night, the…

Faced with a shortage of bus drivers, Monroe Public Schools have partnered with a Michigan-based company to identify potential candidates. Michigan Educational Transportation Services, Inc. (METS) won a three-year contract to help provide…

An investigation into a "sophisticated cybersecurity attack" that targeted Monroe public schools is still ongoing. In a statement Thursday night to the district community, the superintendent. Julie Everly said the district's phone system…

Spring Break last year marked the divide for Monroe County public schools between campus classes and home learning.This year, it will mark the return of full-time learning on campus for all grade…

Students in Monroe County Public Schools will be able to return to their classes five days a week before the end of this month.The school district is propose a plan for the complete reopening under…

TL File Photo River Elementary School, one of the buildings in the Ohio Switzerland School District in Monroe County, is a site where COVID-19 vaccines will be administered to staff next week.…

Monroe Public Schools will resume in-person learning labs on Tuesday and gradually reintroduce a more traditional school routine after several weeks of distance learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.All learning labs, the district's…

MONROE - On December 3, Monroe District Administrator Rick Waski emailed parents and staff regarding the decision to continue Plan C online education until at least January 2021.As of 8 a.m. on December 3, Green County had 146 active cases…

Monroe Public Schools are asking its families to prepare for possible school closures after Monroe County saw an increase in positive COVID-19 cases, including two other district staff.Supt. Julie Everly reported on Monday that employees…

MONROE - As cases of COVID-19 increase locally and statewide, all public schools in Monroe are going virtual until the end of October.Monroe School District administrator Rick Waski announced the change in an email to parents on October 15,…

MONROE, CT - Despite resistance from the teachers' union and some parents, public schools in Monroe are planning full-time in-person learning for K-5 children on October 5. The state of Connecticut has left the call to school…

MONROE - Less than a month before the school opens, Masuk High has a new principal.Steven Swensen was named the new principal on Monday, replacing departing Jacob Greenwood, who took the principal position at Ridgefield High earlier this…

Schools in the city of Monroe may need to make adjustments like rezoning or consolidating facilities over the next decade, according to a recent report on expected enrollment over the next 10 years.Mike Hefner, chief demographer at…

MONROE, Connecticut - Sheila Casinelli, director of education and development for Monroe public schools, says 30 to 40 children in each of the city's three elementary schools are enjoying a summer reading program that allows them to work…

Monroe Public Schools have been allowed to start school before Labor Day, but the decision to change the schedule has not been finalized. Monroe Public Schools have been allowed to start school before Labor Day, but the decision…

MONROE - School officials are rallying to offer support to students following the suicide of a Jockey Hollow Middle School student on Friday.According to a letter from Jockey Hollow principal Jack Ceccolini sent on Saturday, an…

WESTPORT - Elizabeth Count Reisman, award-winning former journalist and owner of the Creative Music Center in Monroe, died on Wednesday at the age of 55.She was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in August 2016,…

To explore MORE: Fewer State Tests Are a Good Start, Butler County School Leaders Says “It also seems that our teachers are expected to focus more on common basic standards and test scores than on our children. Our teachers are not…