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Friday is the last day of school in Collier County, and students will get out three hours earlier. After a school year like no other, kids are ready to get out and enjoy the summer. But for some students, class isn’t over. “Summer school” may be, for some, the worst phrase in the English language […]
Watch Collier County Public Schools students graduate Friday morning
Published: May 28, 2021 8:44 AM EDT
Updated: May 28, 2021 8:45 AM EDT
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Collier County Public Schools will be holding Class of 2021 commencement ceremonies Friday morning.
The ceremonies will all take place at 9 a.m. in each Collier County high school’s football stadium (Lorenzo Walker Technical High School will hold its ceremony at Paradise Coast Sports Park and special accommodations will be made for Everglades City School). Every graduate will be allowed up to four guests. Seating will be in the stands and/or field using pre-identified, marked seats to allow each graduate’s guests to sit together while socially distancing from others.
Letters to the editor for Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Schools should limit screen time
Collier County School District should be commended for educating our children during one of the most challenging periods in recent history. Computer-based learning was fast-tracked, in many cases to limit contact to minimize the risks of spreading illness. But, is this reliance on computer-based learning now here to stay? Screens can play a role in the classroom, but overuse of screen time has many proven detrimental effects on general health, mental health, and brain functions necessary for learning. Furthermore, often computer-based learning is superficial, and the supposed benefits of differentiated learning” through the use of technology are elusive.
The Collier County Commission is preparing to vote on two key elements of a plan to build a $25-million center to address growing demand for mental health and addiction treatment in the region.
Commissioners will be asked at their May 25 meeting to sign off on five acres that will be donated to the county from the David Lawrence Center, the dominant provider of mental health services in the community, according to Scott Burgess, chief executive officer of the nonprofit organization.
The new complex will be built using local sales tax proceeds on the five-acre parcel that is immediately east of the David Lawrence campus off Golden Gate Parkway near Interstate 75.