School District of Lee County

Lee County school board passes budget for fiscal 2027 by a 6-1 vote.

Two schools will be combined in the Lee County School District next year, which entails moving students with medical special needs to a school for students with behavioral issues. Parents of special needs students are particularly unhappy, citing inaccessibility of Royal Palm school as a big problem.

A'mya Thoe and Leah Hubbard are president and vice president of the Lee County School District's SAVE clubs. They recently gave a presentation to those involved in Thrive Lee at Collaboratory.

Transportation Day brought out the superintendent, sheriff, a BusPatrol representative and others to talk about safety of schoolchildren with school buses back on the roads.

Controversy has sparked over an apparent 50 percent floor for student grades in some Lee County public schools.

Enrollment having declined, Lee County school district embarks on a marketing campaign with a new home page and multiple opportunities to enroll.

Parents for Transparency launches a website that calls attention to teachers' unmet needs for the classroom as the school year's start looms.

School supply drives and giveaways fill the calendar; multiple area locations involved

Jenn McDaigle faces incumbent Sam Fisher for the School District of Lee County school board in District 1.

The League of Women Voters of Lee County, in partnership with WGCU and the News-Press held a forum, July 9, with Lee County School Board candidates. Six of the 11 qualified candidates participated including Carl Baxter, Crystal Johnson, Debbie Jordan, Jenn McDaigle, India Palencia, and Carline Saintilus. We will listen back to a condensed version of the 90-minute forum in a special hour-long episode of Gulf Coast Life.