Four of the seven seats of the School District of Lee County school board are up for election this November as the current terms expire in November. District
Lee County School Board debates when LGBTQ policies were added to code of conduct
Published: April 14, 2021 7:47 PM EDT
Updated: April 14, 2021 7:55 PM EDT
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Lee County School Board members are now looking at each other when it comes to LGBTQ policies that made it into the approved student code of conduct for the 2020-21 school year. This comes after concerned parents and community members attended the Tuesday regular meeting in droves to voice concerns for policies and a poster that explained them in Lee County Schools.
Board members at the School District of Lee Count are pointing fingers at one another over a disagreement in a plan voted on by board members and signed by Lee County parents 10 months ago and passed unanimously in June 2020.
Lee County School District upgrading school security
Published: February 23, 2021 5:10 AM EST
Updated: February 23, 2021 6:25 AM EST
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Today, the Lee County School Board will look at new ways to better secure school campuses, from the first entryways into their school buildings to inside the classrooms.
The district says all of the eight projects will enhance the security at the main school entrances. A security problem identified at Fort Myers High School, for instance, is that when you enter through the front doors, you walk straight into the main building, giving you access to the entire school.
With a little over $1.4 million in grant money supplied by the state, the Lee County School District will upgrade specific entrances so that visitors will enter into a secure area and only have controlled access to the rest of the building. School board members like Gwyn Gitten of Lee County District Five say these are necessary measures, especially in the wake of attacks l