Editing Monroe, Connecticut (section)

==Education==

[[Monroe Public Schools (Connecticut)|Monroe Public Schools]] oversees public education and includes approximately 4,000 students, in three elementary schools (Fawn Hollow, Monroe Elementary, and Stepney Elementary), two middle schools (Jockey Hollow and [[STEM]] Academy), and one high school ([[Masuk High School]]).

In 2011, STEM Academy was opened at Masuk High School as an additional middle school option for Monroe's 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.<ref name="STEM Academy">{{cite web|url=http://monroe.patch.com/articles/stem-academy-forum-draws-a-large-audience|title=STEM Academy Forum Draws a Large Audience Summary File (QT-PL), Monroe town, Connecticut|publisher=Monroe Patch 2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402221409/http://monroe.patch.com/articles/stem-academy-forum-draws-a-large-audience|archive-date=April 2, 2012|access-date=October 8, 2011}}</ref>

Chalk Hill Middle School housed Monroe's 5th and 6th graders from 1969 to 2011 (when it was closed due to shifting population and budget issues).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Monroe-superintendent-proposes-one-year-closure-875197.php|title = Monroe superintendent proposes one-year closure of Chalk Hill Middle School|date = December 11, 2010}}</ref> From 2012 to 2016, Chalk Hill was the home of [[Newtown Public Schools|Sandy Hook Elementary School]] in [[Newtown, Connecticut|Newtown]] following the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting|December 14, 2012, shooting]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Monroe-What-to-do-about-Chalk-Hill-Middle-School-11107762.php|title = Monroe: What to do about Chalk Hill Middle School?|date = April 30, 2017}}</ref>