Monroe Local School District was established on Sept. 14, 1999, when the Ohio State Board of Education approved a resolution that allowed only residents living in the city limits of Monroe and portions of Lemon Township to decide at the March 7, 2000 election whether to establish a separate Monroe Local School District. The ballot was approved and on April 12, 2000, the State Board of Education appointed, by resolution, the five-member Monroe Local School District Board of Education. The transfer of assets from Middletown City Schools was made to the Monroe Local School District on June 30, 2000.