Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

A child that had high hopes of going to the next grade with her classmates now has to wait another year and repeat a step despite having passing grades on her report card. The decision has left her parents angry with the Monroe City School Board District, as they felt they were led to believe that their child would advance to the next grade. The child was in the first grade and was set to go to the next grade level, according to her parents, but was allegedly told by school officials that the child “was not ready” for the second grade. This journey of a disappointment for the parents st...