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P.O.W.E.R buying helps school district obtain best price for food

In the wake of misinformation in the community, the School Board of Lee County got an update on how the P.O.W.E.R Buying Group is used for the meals students eat during the school day. School Board Attorney Kathie Dupuy-Bruno said the P.O.W.E.R. Buying Group allows the district to combine ...

School district to create content for ‘Wellness Wednesday’ videos

The Lee County School District will now create its own script and storyboarding for Wellness Wednesday videos, which will discuss substance abuse and prevention, human trafficking and mental and emotional wellness. The school board approved the $100,000 agreement with Dreamtime ...

DeSantis appoints four to Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees

On Friday, March 25, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Peter Sulick, Michael Wynn, Erika Donalds, and Luis Rivera to the Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees. Sulick, of Naples, is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Dynasil Corporation of America. He is also the president and chief executive officer of AmeriSite, LLC. He currently serves on the Citadel Baker School of Business Advisory Board. He is also on the Executive Committee Board of The Citadel Foundation, the Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation and is the president of the Kane ...

Haitian-American Community Coalition of Southwest Florida scholarships available

The Haitian-American Community Coalition of Southwest Florida is offering four $1,000 scholarship awards to graduating seniors of Haitian heritage who are enrolled at a Lee County School. HACC scholarship eligibility, requirements and procedures include: 1. Student must be of Haitian-American heritage. 2. Student must be a graduating senior at a Lee County high school, who is enrolled or will be enrolled in a degree or certification program at a technical college, state college, or university by Sept. 1, 2022. 3. Student must complete the attached application form. In addition ...

15 high school seniors awarded Red Sox Foundation scholarships

The Boston Red Sox showed their continued support of the next generation and honored local high school seniors before Sunday’s Spring Training game at Jet Blue Park. For the seventh consecutive year, the Red Sox Foundation presented $5,000 scholarships to local high school students in ...

NFMAA to stage ‘Frozen’

Two years ago, the North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts was set to stage its version of the Disney musical “Frozen.” However, two weeks before the show was to open, the pandemic put a hold everything in its path, including the musical. Now, on Wednesday and Thursday, March 30 and 31, ...