Monroe School Name Change Petition

Hello, After almost six months with no activity, a small group of people is again trying to force a name change for Monroe School. Your steering committee will be sending the following letter to the school district superintendent, school board members,…

Have you ever wondered what happened to Monroe High School and how it developed into today’s Monroe-Linwood school? Dave Bredemus is a local West 7th Street historian and someone who taught at Monroe School for 25 years. He is also a…

Here is the latest article from the Community Reporter for September 2018

Snap Leitner, the director of the West 7th Street Boys and Girls Club made the following presentation to the St. Paul School Board on August 21st.   I want to try to impress on everyone the commitment so many have…

  Click on the Link below to see the Federations Community Meeting Report Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Community Dialogue Summary

Charles Kath, 1958 Monroe Alumni had an article published in the Highland Villager local newspaper for Agusut 1st, 2018. Charles presents the case of the Monroe name is the identity of a neighborhood rather than just a school.    

              This is an article from the August edition of the Community Reporter  

Mike Pickett St. Paul School Board Presentation, RE: Monroe School name change 7/17/2018   About 10 years ago, I took my father on a bucket list trip to his grandparent’s farm near Hannibal Missouri.  The trip became a life lesson…

Monroe Name Change I’m Virginia Simek and a 1960 grad of Monroe.  I will focus on 2 points; one being the strong relationship of Monroe with the West 7th Street Community and two the message the Monroe students presented at…

  This is two page article from the Minneapolis Star July 16th edition ]]