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Legion Post 90’s Cape high school shooting teams shine

American Legion Post 90 high school shooting teams from Cape Coral excel at district and state levels in 2021. As students returned to school in person for the first time since 2020, one of the elective programs available is the Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps. It is a military regulated high school program whose purpose is to educate high school students in leadership roles and whose mission is to teach students citizenship, leadership, character and community service. These core values are at the heart of JROTC, whose creed emphasizes working to better the cadet’s family, ...

Chronically absent students hits 29.16 percent

Tuesday's school board briefing meeting touched upon another layer of how COVID is affecting Lee County students through attendance. School District of Lee County Chief Strategic Engagement Officer Lauren Stillwell said as of the week ending in Sept. 16, the new positivity rate for Lee ...

Uniform assessment calendar approved for school district

The School Board of Lee County approved the uniform statewide assessment calendar, which has not been affected by proposed legislation that would eliminate FSA testing. The calendar breaks down the estimates of total testing time by grade level and by statewide and district assessments, ...

Another opportunity for the public to provide input in what they hope the next superintendent of schools will posses, will be held in the format of two community forums next week. Michael Collins, president of Ray and Associates, the firm hired to help with the superintendent search, said ...

Parents Bill of Rights plan to go to public hearing

After a presentation by their attorney Tuesday afternoon, the Lee County School Board unanimously voted to move the Parents Bill of Rights policy to a public hearing. School Board Attorney Kathy Dupuy-Bruno said Policy 2.062, Parents Bill of Rights, is the same policy that board looked at ...

School District tackles issues via Facebook Live

In an effort to answer parents’ questions, the School District of Lee County held another Facebook Live session Wednesday afternoon, addressing masks, safety measures, Florida Standards Assessment testing and more. Masks The first topic revolved around the district mask mandate that went ...