Lee County School District

Lee County school teachers' posts following the death of Charlie Kirk are made public by the school system after a records request.

To help school overcrowding in East Lee County, the Lee County School District is planning to build two new schools, one in Alva and one in Lehigh Acres. Public naming surveys are open for both schools.

Demonstrators declare teachers' free speech rights are being violated in the wake of Lee County Schools' Superintendent Denise Carlin's recommendation that they be fired over Facebook posts they made in the wake of activist Charlie Kirk's death.

The future of Fort Myers Beach Elementary School remains in limbo after a consultant's report that includes possible razing of the school.

For the past couple of years, the Lee County School District has struggled to ensure a teacher in every classroom in public schools around the county. In order to guarantee that every public school in Lee County had a teacher for the 2025-2026 school year, the school district offered a new incentive program. The Teacher Incentive Initiative offers teachers bonuses to teach and stay at high-risk schools around the county.

A Florida-based nonprofit dedicated to eliminating preventable sudden cardiac death in the young has been hosting free heart screenings in Lee County. More are scheduled.

From lockdown drills to updated security details, Lee County schools in Southwest Florida have started increasing efforts to maintain safety against active shooter threats, as educators and parents nationwide stress that readiness can save lives.

Safe Start appears to be off to a strong start. The Lee County School District said the new effort to bus students to school on time in the mornings, and back home again, on time, in the afternoons, is making a lot of progress.

Last year, The School District of Lee County had 235 teaching vacancies but have since whittled down that number to only 45, meaning there will be a certified schoolteacher in every classroom.

Earlier this month the Lee County School District held its second Town Hall where parents, teachers, and community members had the opportunity to ask any question of members of the school board.