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Gittens updates Community Council
Gwynetta Gittens
School Board member Gwyn Gittens has provided the Lehigh Community Council with an update on growth in the East Zone, pandemic or not.
The District 5 board member spoke about current student enrollment numbers, and the need for more schools and teachers here in the zone that includes Lehigh Acres.
“We started in August to bring back students face to face, with masks. At the end of the first nine weeks we had 10,000 students. Recently our numbers have dropped slightly due to loss of jobs, COVID-19 and people leaving the area,” Gittens said. “We are also in need of teachers and district is offering grants to aid in the certification of potential candidates.”
Updated: December 15, 2020 11:37 PM EST - Advertisement -
Published: December 15, 2020 5:01 PM EST
Updated: December 15, 2020 11:37 PM EST
The School District of Lee County announced Tuesday that Tortuga Preserve Elementary ESE Teacher Alyssa Smith is the District’s Teacher of the Year.
Alyssa Smith is in her sixth year of teaching at Tortuga Preserve Elementary in Lehigh Acres. Her focus has always been on Exceptional Student Education and she is currently a Special Education teacher in a Social Functioning classroom.
“I grew up in a household with two sisters who have special needs on opposite ends of a need’s spectrum,” Smith says. “As long as I can remember, I have voiced that I wanted to be a teacher for children like my sisters. I believe that every student, no matter what their abilities, deserves every opportunity both in school and in life.”