By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism.
Breaking: B&S passes
B&S Rendering
The B&S property along 31st Avenue on Monroe’s far east side is once again the School District of Monroe’s top pick for the potential site of the new high school. The B&S owners offered the district $100,000 for a 66-foot wide road access from County KK to the south, plus a swap of land after the completion of construction. The offer would save the district more than $3 million. Updated layout plans would place the building on a higher, flatter surface on the northern end of the property to mitigate earthwork. - photo by

MONROE - The results are in. The School District of Monroe will be building their new high school on the 70-acre B&S property. 

In a special meeting of the electors Monday night, 1,730 voters registered, 1,726 votes counted (2 spoiled), with 1,064 saying ‘yes’ to 660 ‘no’. 

Voters were called to the third vote to acquire land since they passed an $88 million referendum in the Nov. 2022 midterm election. In Dec. 2022, 77-acres of land at the B&S site, located on the far east side of Monroe off of County KK and 31st Ave, failed to pass. In March 2023, while litigation against the district tried to halt the referendum, about 1,500 voters descended upon the high school, voting down a 70-acre property on County DR north of the industrial park. 

At stake this time was a slightly smaller 70-acre version at the B&S site versus the existing site, which is only 45 acres.

The district will now begin planning in earnest, checking the site to make sure it is viable. Construction is slated to begin in Spring 2024, and be completed around Dec. 2025.

For more on the vote and what it means, see the Saturday, July 22 edition of the Times.