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Florida Gulf Coast University President Mike Martin may get $50K raise and a bonus up to $100K
FGCU trustees think President Mike Martin is doing a good job leading the school and may reward him with a base salary increase and a bonus. → Read More
Lee County school board decides to discontinue controversial meetings
"I thought it was kind an ill-organized gripe session with a few kudos thrown in," school board member Betsy Vaughn said. → Read More
Lee school board member reneges on promise to call for an investigation into use of $3.9M
The Lee County School District was accused last year of misspending $3.9 million in ad valorem taxes. → Read More
The state of the Lee County school district: 'extremely strong'
Superintendent Greg Adkins was the main speaker during State of Our Schools Breakfast on Friday. → Read More
Lee County school board gives itself low grades on self-evaluations
The Lee County school board recently completed evaluations of the board. Six of the seven members gave the board low-performance marks. → Read More
Lee County school district tentatively agrees to buy Estero land for $1.5 million
The Lee County school district is buying two pieces of land in Estero for $4 million. It plans to build a K-8 school. → Read More
Effort to fire Lee superintendent Greg Adkins fails 4-3 after long, emotional meeting
The Lee County School Board met for more than four hours Tuesday before voting 4-3 not to fire superintendent Greg Adkins. → Read More
Golden Apple winners shine on award night
Six Lee County School District teachers were honored Friday as Golden Apple award winners. → Read More
Lee County school board's performance comes up during superintendent's evaluation
The seven Lee County School Board members recently completed evaluations of Superintendent Greg Adkins. → Read More
Former Evangelical Christian teacher accused of having sex with student pleads no contest
Former Evangelical Christian School teacher Suzanne Owen was arrested last year and accused of having sex with a student in her car. → Read More
Lee school board member plans to ask board to fire Superintendent Greg Adkins
Lee County School Board recently completed their annual evaluations of Adkins. Three of four board members gave Adkins poor evaluation ratings → Read More
FGCU entrepreneurship students report earning $2.5M in gross revenue
FGCU started offering an entrepreneurship degree program in 2017. It tracks many businesses its students start and how much the startups gross. → Read More
Lee County School Board approves teacher raises
Some Lee County teachers will receive raises between 2 and 9.5 percent under an agreement the school board approved Tuesday. → Read More
Longtime administrator named provost at Florida SouthWestern State College
Eileen DeLuca beat out two other finalists for the provost job at Florida SouthWestern State College. → Read More
There are 24 charter schools in Lee County. 3 more want to open.
Two of three charter schools that want to open in Lee County in 2020 plan to target high school dropouts. → Read More
Collier, Lee educators join statewide 'walk-in' for more state funding
Collier County teachers met outside their schools and joined a statewide walk-in to support increased funding for public schools. → Read More
Lee County school district plans to host town hall meeting on bus stop safety
Layla Aiken, 8, was struck March 25 as she sat on the edge of the road in Cape Coral waiting on a school bus. → Read More
Atlanta Public Schools transportation director rejects job at Lee County schools
John Franklin, head of transportation for Atlanta Public Schools, was offered a similar position at at the Lee County school district. → Read More
$6.3M. That's how much sales tax money Lee schools collected in January
The Lee County School District held a news conference Thursday to announce $6.3 million was collected as a result of a half-cent sales tax. → Read More
Lawsuit prompts questions about new Lee County School District transportation director
Superintendent Greg Adkins was forced defend his picks for two jobs during a Lee County School Board meeting. → Read More