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Monroe, Ohio Patch AM: a 4 min readHi Monroe! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
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- How many third-graders are learning this year in Monroe schools?
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 84 and low of 69 degrees.
- Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 83, low: 68.
- Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• 2024-25 School Year Enrollment: 4,330 third-grade students welcomed in Butler County schools (butlercountytoday.com) — Monroe families can see how their schools stack up in new Butler County enrollment data, which shows Monroe Elementary hosting 228 third-graders and Monroe’s junior high, high school, and primary school all reporting smaller third-grade counts. The report also compares Butler County’s overall student numbers and statewide trends in enrollment and academic recovery since the pandemic. 
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Preschool Popsicles on the Playground AM Class
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🗓 Events Nearby
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The Business Luncheon
The Chamber of Commerce Forest Hills Country Club
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Board of Education/Franklin City Council Joint Meeting, 5:30 p.m.
Franklin City Schools Franklin High School Media Center
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Rafts & Crafts →
Middletown, OH Calendar Middletown, OH 45042
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Prairie Walk
Bull's Run Nature Sncturary & Arboretum 3909 Rosedale Rd, Middletown, OH 45042, USA
10:00 am
Thursday August 6
Saturday August 8
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Anyone know of any places that hire 14 yo?
My daughter is getting ready to turn 14 and is dying to get a job. I believe most places have gotten away from hiring at that age but I was just… (Nextdoor Garver Rd)
- J. C. Penney Company, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager - Cincinnati Premium Outlets in Monroe. Apply here.
- Walgreen Company posted a job opening for Inventory Specialist in Middletown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monroe here.
🗞 Nearby News
Middletown
- Meet a Colleague: Anza Harker (wlu.edu)
- Officer resigns after conviction for encouraging whipping of handcuffed teen (fox19.com)
- GPI lowers guidance, aims for $85M in 2026 cost cuts (packagingdive.com)
Mason
- Senior AI/ML Engineer Generative AI - Rayomind Software Solutions LLC, DBA, Hire'in Solutions - Mason, OH, US (dice.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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