Monroe District (Santa Rosa, California)

The Monroe District is an area in western Santa Rosa, California, which has been recognized since at least 1870.

[16] The Monroe district was the home of Louis Lagomarsino, an elderly rancher who was the Communist candidate for state assembly in 1934.

[32] In the 1948–1949 time frame, there were efforts to merge (unionize) the Hall, Piner, Monroe and Wright districts.

[33] In December 1950, the County Clerk certified a petition from the voters in the Monroe District.

[36] The SRCS acquired a 10 and 1/2 acre parcel, 1/4 mile north of the old school on Marlow Road.

[citation needed] In early 1984, the SRCS Board added the name "James" to the school, apparently without determining if this was accurate.

[vague][40][41] A 1996 article by Gaye Lebaron in The Press Democrat indicated that then-outgoing SRCS board member Cynthia Zieber had been on a "crusade" to make sure all schools in the district were named after people.

[44] Former SRCS director Cynthia Zieber posted that her work to add the "James" to the school name in 1984 was "a mistake."

On May 26, 2021, the board heard the committee's report which showed the overwhelming support of all constituencies to revert the name back to "Monroe Elementary School."

The board indicated that the matter would be held open for another year to allow further consideration of the George Ortiz name.

[46] The board agreed to a multi-year process to evaluate new school names to be led by trustees Alegria de la Cruz and Roxanne McNally.