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Monroe school board wins uncontestedseats

Erin Cooperman (top left), Tiana Williams Iruoje (top right), Ross Grimes (bottom left), April Hennessey (bottom right)
Erin Cooperman (top left), Tiana Williams Iruoje (top right), Ross Grimes (bottom left), April Hennessey (bottom right)

The only addition to Monroe County’s school board is Tiana Williams Iruoje for District 4. She ran unopposed.

Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, who had held the seat since the seat since 2017, did not file for re-election.

Incumbents April Hennessey, Erin Cooperman, and Ross Grimes also ran unopposed and won their respective seats: District 2, District 5, and District 6. 

School board races are nonpartisan. Residents in the MCCSC districts can vote for all four seats. 

Responsibilities of school boards include planning, policy, meetings, budget, student issues, personnel, community relations and contract negotiations.

Read more:  MCCSC board members discuss policies, local education

All duties are performed at public board meetings. 

The board’s other three seats will be on the ballot in 2026.

Bente Bouthier is a reporter and show producer with WFIU and WTIU News. She graduated from Indiana University in 2019, where she studied journalism, public affairs, and French.