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West Zone schools reaching capacity

The School District of Lee County continues to address the challenges of having enough student stations at its schools. “The students have not stopped coming when we look at our initial enrollment,” Superintendent Dr. Denise Carlin said during Tuesday’s board meeting. “People have ...

School board passes $2.9 billion budget

The Lee County School Board approved a $2.9 billion budget during its final budget hearing Tuesday. The board approved the required local effort millage rate of 3.071, $498,608,981 to be raised; .0748 basic discretionary millage with $121,445,626 to be raised; and a capital outlay millage of ...

Persons proposes local initiative to ax vax mandates

If a Lee County School Board member’s peers agree, local schools may not only support Florida’s plan to end vaccine mandates for students, but implement such an initiative on its own. Lee County School Board Member Armor Persons said Tuesday he will bring forward a resolution to remove ...