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About our<br />
District<br />
Our<br />
Mission<br />
Our<br />
Vision<br />
To ensure that each student achieves<br />
his/her highest personal potential<br />
To be a world-class school system<br />
The School District of Lee County is a diverse community rich<br />
in talent <strong>and</strong> strengths that serve our students well. Our goal is to<br />
help children realize <strong>the</strong>ir potential with <strong>the</strong> help of a support team<br />
that includes District <strong>and</strong> school administrators, teachers, support<br />
personnel, along with parents, guardians, mentors, <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs who are<br />
in each child’s sphere of influence.<br />
Lee County Public Schools is <strong>the</strong> ninth-largest district in Florida<br />
<strong>and</strong> America’s 33rd-largest school district, one of <strong>the</strong> largest,<br />
fully-accredited school districts in <strong>the</strong> nation.<br />
We proudly serve approximately 89,000 students in grades K-12,<br />
with thous<strong>and</strong>s more adult learners. We are one of <strong>the</strong> county’s<br />
largest employers, with more than 12,000 full- <strong>and</strong> part-time<br />
employees.<br />
Our District is a model for o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
in <strong>the</strong> state <strong>and</strong> nation - from our<br />
Microsoft Certified High School<br />
(Dunbar High) to our National Blue<br />
Ribbon School of Excellence (The<br />
Sanibel School) to one of <strong>the</strong> top<br />
IB High Schools in <strong>the</strong> world (Fort<br />
Myers High).