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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).

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