The truth is Monroe Township is a unique place designed to offer great experiences to people of all ages. Over the years Monroe Township's pre-K through third grade schools, as well as the Mill Lake Elementary School and the Barclay Brook Elementary School have received the Blue Ribbon Award, the highest honor that an American school can receive from the US Department of Education.
Melbourne has thrice shared top position in a survey by The Economist of the World's Most Livable Cities on the basis ofâits cultural attributes; climate; cost of living; and social conditions such as crime rates and health care, in 2002, 2004 and 2005.
It is high summer in Melbourne during January and February, a typical day is warm and sunny with a freshening sea breeze arriving from the south in the afternoon. A few days are cool and cloudy, a maximum temperature below 20ÂºC being recorded about once a week.