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Six Lee County students earn National Merit Scholarships -
The helicopter will be used by students in its aviation program. -
Six schools and eight community-based locations will distribute the 7-day shelf stable meal kits on Mondays from June 8 to July 27.
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Collaboratory awards more than $1.5 million in scholarships, an increase of $300,000 over last year. -
Elyssa Vazquez, a graduating senior from Cape Coral, found a notice about a contest on TikTok and entered. And she won a $10,000 scholarship. -
Attrition makes non-renewals of teacher contracts fluid, spokesman says, but union president still upset over the way they were done.
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Teachers Association of Lee County sends out release expressing frustration over employee non-renewals, class sizes, voucher system and lack of transparency by the school district.
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Facing a $46.7 million budget deficit, the Lee County School District has informed 457 employees that their contracts would not be renewed for the next school year. Of those, 275 are teachers. -
Measure comes as school districts try to make ends meet with shrinking state funds. -
Thirty-six speakers addressed the board, all of them expressing distress over budget cuts, teacher non-renewals and the system’s $46.7 million budget deficit.
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