{"id":55526,"date":"2022-10-07T12:41:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T16:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=55526"},"modified":"2022-10-07T12:41:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T16:41:57","slug":"lee-county-school-district-to-release-decision-on-reopening-plans-after-hurricane-ian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/10\/lee-county-school-district-to-release-decision-on-reopening-plans-after-hurricane-ian\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County School District to release decision on reopening plans after Hurricane Ian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seal-of-the-School-District-of-Lee-County-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seal-of-the-School-District-of-Lee-County-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seal-of-the-School-District-of-Lee-County-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seal-of-the-School-District-of-Lee-County-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seal-of-the-School-District-of-Lee-County.png 1325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lee County School District will be making a decision Friday afternoon about a possible reopening for Lee County schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier will be making the announcement which will allow parents to have more insight into when their kids could return to the classroom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14 schools across the district have major damage after Hurricane Ian decimated Lee County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, how will that impact the district\u2019s decision when it comes to reopening?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Christopher Bernier said there\u2019s a possibility the district will go with a phased approach by sending students back to the schools that are operational.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The district is committed to keeping students and teachers together as best as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cape Charter schools announced a tentative reopening date of Monday, October 17. They usually follow the Lee County School District\u2019s schedule, however, it\u2019s still unclear if that will happen when it comes to reopening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve not been a resident of Southwest Florida for long, but I can tell you I am proud to call Lee County and Southwest Florida home. We will do whatever we can to re-open our schools sensitive to your needs, not only as families and as students but also for our employees,\u201d said Dr. Christopher Bernier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lee County School District will be making a decision Friday afternoon about a possible reopening for Lee County schools. Superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier will be making the announcement which&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":50313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[1792],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55526"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55528,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55526\/revisions\/55528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}