Board Meeting Watch

Every Lee County School Board meeting we cover: agendas translated into plain language, plain-language recaps of what happened, and full meeting transcripts. Nonpartisan, fully sourced.

Meeting coverage

• School Board Regular Meeting — The board passed every consent item except one as a single block, pulled the $4.3 million furniture contract for a standalone discussion, and heard eight public commenters raise the district's $92 million deficit, teacher pay, and a proposed relocation of Buckingham Exceptional Student Center — several of which the board addressed later, on the record, during Good of the Order.
• First Public Hearing — 2026-27 Tentative Budget & Proposed Millage