Golisano Children’s Hospital’s Mobile Pediatric Vaccination Clinic will be making stops around Southwest Florida next week to vaccinate children 5 years old and older for COVID-19.
Three years ago, Lee County voters approved a half-cent sales tax increase for the School District of Lee County. So far, the sales tax has generated $228,152,4
First Black-owned construction company in Lee County to be awarded large contract for school district project
Published: August 4, 2021 6:25 PM EDT
Updated: August 4, 2021 7:11 PM EDT
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Construction Manager John Tobler has become the first Black person in Lee County to be awarded a large, prime construction contract for the School District of Lee County. How will they rise to the historic challenge?
It takes hard work and dedication to break barriers, to pave your own path, to be “the first.” John Tobler, president and co-owner of Tobler construction, knows that very well.
“It’s just a beautiful thing, growing up here, knowing the things that we’ve had to go through in this community and to be a part of bringing jobs back home, keeping the jobs home, and just being a part of increasing the economy right here,” he said.
It starts with honoring the past: Dunbar community envisions Franklin Park Elementary rebuild
Franklin Park Elementary School rebuild to focus on honoring its past
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As alumni and Dunbar community members filed into the Franklin Park Elementary School cafeteria Tuesday evening, pictures drawn by current third-, fourth- and fifth-graders lined the walls.
The pictures represented the students’ visions for what they wanted their school to look like once one of Lee County’s most historic schools is rebuilt toward the end of next year and finished in 2024.
Getting input from students and teachers was just step one as Franklin Park is on track to become the county’s first community partnership school.