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School District of Lee County officials have a message for parents concerned about new student code of conduct language providing for a search of student cell p

In response to nationwide school shootings and threats to its local schools, the Lee County School Board has approved a $3.2 million to purchase weapons detectors that will roll out for all K-12 public schools when students return for the 2023-2024 year.David Newlan, executive director of Safety, Security and Management for Lee schools, said he spent over a year researching security systems before choosing the portable, battery-operated OPENGATE system.

Most taxpayers are interested in filing their taxes directly to the IRS for free, a new report says, and that option will be tested next year.

A Cape Coral middle school teacher accused of sending X-rated photos to a student claims his innocence.

COURTESY PHOTO A Collier County fifth grader spent the last few years in a self-contained, modified curriculum classroom, learning on her level. She now must take yearly standardized tests on things like multiplying and dividing a multi-digit number with decimals to the tenths by one-tenth and one-hundredth — even though she is just learning how

COURTESY PHOTO A Collier County fifth grader spent the last few years in a self-contained, modified curriculum classroom, learning on her level. She now must take yearly standardized tests on things like multiplying and dividing a multi-digit number with decimals to the tenths by one-tenth and one-hundredth — even though she is just learning how

COURTESY PHOTO A Collier County fifth grader spent the last few years in a self-contained, modified curriculum classroom, learning on her level. She now must take yearly standardized tests on things like multiplying and dividing a multi-digit number with decimals to the tenths by one-tenth and one-hundredth — even though she is just learning how

This years seniors have the unique distinction of spending their entire high school experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new bill is moving through the Florida legislature to add cameras to school buses to catch drivers illegally passing them.

A program was introduced to the parents of the School District of Lee County a few years ago, enabling them to keep track of what their child check’s out from