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The District is proud to announce there were 532 perfect scores on the 2018-2019 Florida Standards Assessment tests. That is 69 more than last year and 151 more than two years ago.

On June 26, 2019, Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 807, which amended section 1003.4156, Florida Statutes, to require the following: “All instructional materials for the civics education course must be reviewed and approved by the Commissioner of Education

The School District of Lee County is opening pre-registration for students who will start kindergarten in August 2020 on September 23rd. Pre-registration allows parents to avoid the lengthy wait times often experienced during the traditional student enrollment period.

A student at Cape Elementary School is delivering coffee to teachers and learning new ways to use his special communication device at the same time.

Congratulations to Cape Coral High School Seniors Tan Hollman and Hankyeol Yang and Fort Myers High School seniors Benjamin Lombardo and Sydney Marcy for being named today as Semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit® Scholarship Program. National Merit® Semifinalists represent less than 1% of all high school seniors.

East Lee County High School Teacher Charles Morrison has been selected as the Dr. Theron Trimble Florida Social Studies Teacher of the Year.

High School students interested in furthering their education after graduation can meet representatives from more than 100 colleges, universities and technical schools at the School District of Lee County’s 2019 College Night.

The Florida Department of Education is seeking input from parents on career and technical education offerings in the State of Florida.