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After waiting for hours at a bus stop for her children, a woman says she had no choice but to call the police. A mother of three kids under the age of eight says she had to get the police involved. Marlene Burns says she had no idea what happened. “I had no idea. ‘Was […]
The principal of Lee Virtual School has been arrested and is accused of battery. Albert Matthew Shilling, of North Fort Myers, was booked and released from Lee County jail on bond on Saturday. Rob Spicker, a spokesman with the Lee County school district, confirmed the district is aware of the arrest and has opened an […]
Doctors are signing a petition for a universal mask mandate in Lee County schools. They’re also calling for better contact tracing. The doctor who organized the petition is also a concerned parent of the school district. A petition spearheaded by Dr. Parisima Taeb has more than 250 doctor signatures Tuesday calling for masks as a […]
School bus drivers in Lee County are fearing for their safety after the death of one of their own. Tuesday, 19 Lee County school bus drivers were quarantined or hospitalized, forcing healthy workers to pick up extra routes. This comes as The School District of Lee County was already experiencing a driver shortage, and employed […]
A school bus driver from Lee County has become the 20th employee from a school to die since July in Florida. This happened over the weekend. Vandrias Grant worked in what is known as the east zone at the Buckingham Compound. The district says she drove her bus on the first day of school. It’s unknown […]