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Christopher S. Bernier has lead the 9th largest school district in the state since May 2022. Ken Savage is expected to take over as interim superintendent — again.
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Steve Shimp, Chair of Lee County’s Independent Sales Surtax Oversight Committee, or ISSOC, recently gave an update on the half penny sales tax that was passed as a referendum in 2018. The half penny sales tax was meant to fund the acquisition, construction, renovation, equipping and financing of public school facilities and technology for ten years.
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The Lee County School District is using a $1 million grant to keep track of students who take buses to school. The district is unveiling it card-scanning program, called Student Ridership. Most bus-riding students will get their cards this week, as classes begin on Thursday.
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The School District of Lee County is hosting a virtual recruitment fair Monday to fill several positions for the 2023-24 school year, including staff for two new schools.From 2:00 to 3:30 p.m., the district will be seeking to fill 400 teacher positions, 80 of which will operate new locations in Lehigh Acres.
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The random checkpoints are one of multiple security measures that have been conducted for most of the semester, county school officials and the Lee County Sheriff's Office confirmed.
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Lee County School Board members unanimously approved the Proximity Plan Tuesday night. The program addresses the school transportation issues within the county for K-5 students.
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At the Lee County Board of Education's next meeting they will take up the question of what elementary schools the county's children go to, a decision that will change for nearly half of those students by virtue of something called the Proximity plan.
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The School District of Lee County is preparing mental health personnel to assist students and staff in mental distress post-Hurricane Ian.
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As public schools in Lee County begin reopening this week for the first time since Hurricane Ian, the district’s counseling and mental health services teams are working to help students and staff reintegrate.
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The funds, more than $200 million through the School Recognition Program, will go to 1,400 schools across the state that demonstrated student growth and teaching excellence in the 2021-22 school year. To be eligible, schools must receive a school grade of “A” or improve at least one letter grade from the prior year.