School District of Lee County

United Way and Foundation for Lee County Schools hold a joint giveaway of classroom supplies to teachers.

Six Lee County students earn National Merit Scholarships

Six schools and eight community-based locations will distribute the 7-day shelf stable meal kits on Mondays from June 8 to July 27.

Attrition makes non-renewals of teacher contracts fluid, spokesman says, but union president still upset over the way they were done.

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.

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.

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.

Laurel Blackburn is a regional math coach serving 22 schools.

Lee County school board to vote on hiring of a staff attorney Tuesday

Superintendent Denise Carlin addressed concerns over systemwide budget cuts in the School System of Lee County at a media conference Friday, surrounded by a phalanx of administrators and some school board members.