Editing Monticello, Kentucky (section)

==Education==
As of June 30, 2013, it is served by [[Wayne County Schools (Kentucky)|Wayne County Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|author=McGinnis, Sylvia|url=https://www.wcoutlook.com/news/local_news/monticello-independent-school-operation-of-school-district-to-cease-june/article_2e8db488-6ef3-5d12-8def-6ec8228d8634.html|title=Monticello Independent School Operation of school district to cease June 30 |work=Wayne County Outlook|agency=[[CNHI]]|date=2013-03-19|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref>

The first recorded school in Wayne County was opened around 1800 by Robert Ferrill, a well-educated wheelwright who had a few good books. Monticello's first school was opened in 1807 by Rodes Garth, who taught "Roman history, the Scriptures, orthography, and pronunciation."  In 1819, Yale graduate John S. Frisbie began a school with Michael Huffaker as the first teacher of record.  The Monticello Academy was established in 1830 with John Lankford as the headmaster, followed by Professor Mullins, and later William Burton.

In 1843, under the guidance of Commissioners Micajah Phillips, John Rousseau, Martin Beaty, and Francis Goddard, the county voted and ratified to organize into common school districts. The first examiners for receiving a teaching certificate were physician Jonathan S. Frisbie, lawyer John Lankford, and teacher Littleton Beard. By 1842, 16 schoolhouses had been built in Wayne County, three listed within several miles of Monticello. Teachers at these schools before the Civil War include Amanda McGee, William and Thomas Simpson, Joseph Ballou, and Marcellus Baugh. In these early schools, textbooks were scarce, but included ''Dilworth's Spelling Book'', ''Murray's English Reader and English Grammar'', ''Noble Butler's Goodrich Readers and Grammar'', and the ''McGuffey's Readers''. The first school superintendent of Wayne County was Robert McBeath, a "member of a family noted for their intellectual qualities." His son, Tom McBeath, moved on to be president of Florida State University.

In 1866, following the Civil War, the Kendrick Academy opened in Monticello with Milton Elliott as principal.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Crawford |first=Andrew J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Z5RAAAAMAAJ |title=Crawford & Allied Families (Brent, Curd, Dugan, Kindrick, Perkins, Etc.), 1540-1971 |date=1972 |publisher= |pages=131 |language=en}}</ref> Teachers in Monticello in the 1860s and '70s include Marion Huffaker, Marshall Stone, and Ala Shearer. Ones in the 1880s and '90s include Lucy and Amanda Taylor, Sallie and Eula Kendrick, Emma Kelley, Fount Cooper, William Sandusky, Tobias Huffaker, and Mollie Denny, who became the Wayne County superintendent. In 1872, the Kendrick Academy closed due to a fire.<ref name=":0" />

In 1879, a girls' school was opened by Roxie Buchanan, followed by William Bradshaw, and in 1885, W.T. Chaffin opened Classical High School with teachers T. Leigh Thompson, T. C. Job, and Georgia Brock; and around 1890 added kindergarten and primary schools with teachers Ms. Oakley and Graves.  Successive principals at the school until the close of the 19th century were W. T. Chafin, T. Leigh Thompson, Professor H. C. Jones, Hayden Grubbs, Professor Chafin again, and finally Mr. Ballard.<ref>Johnson, A.P. (1939). Chapter 6, Education – Early schools common school system. A Century of Wayne County Kentucky, 1880-1900.</ref>

From 1905 until 2013, Monticello had [[Monticello Independent Schools]], its own school district independent of the surrounding Wayne County Schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monticello.k12.ky.us/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207072621/http://www.monticello.k12.ky.us/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-02-07|title=Home|publisher=Monticello Independent Schools|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref>

=== Vocational education ===
Wayne County Vocational School has served students of Wayne County since 1971. The school has had many name changes over the years and is currently named Wayne County Area Technology Center (ATC).Wayne County ATC moved to its new location at 38 Academic Ave in 2020 and adopted Wayne County High School Tech programs Agricultural, JAG, Health Science and Computer Science. Wayne County ATC is managed by the Office of Career and Technical Education. The school serves secondary students enrolled in Wayne County High School.  Programs include Health Science, Welding, Carpentry, Machine Tool Automotive Technology,  3D printing/Computer Science Technology, JAG, Agriculture, Industrial Maintenance, and Office Technology.