Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

“Our Children, My Top Priority!”

Betty Ward-Cooper, Monroe City School Board Member for District 5, announced that she would seek a second term in the upcoming election on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Qualifying is next week—July 20, 21, and 22. She first ran to represent District 5 because she was very concerned about the lack of student achievement, lack of Board accountability and transparency, lack of salaries for our teachers and staff, and lack of stakeholder input. After winning the election on December 8, 2018, she hit the ground running as the lead advocate that the Board holds its comm...