{"id":58193,"date":"2023-06-20T16:53:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=58193"},"modified":"2023-06-20T16:53:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:53:49","slug":"riverdale-high-school-begins-69-5-million-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/06\/riverdale-high-school-begins-69-5-million-renovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverdale High School begins $69.5 million renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Riverdale High School in Lee County is undergoing a $69.5 million renovation that school staff say is sorely needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/vlcsnap-2023-06-20-12h48m04s293.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58194\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Digital rendering of the new sports complex planned for Riverdale High School\u2019s renovation. Courtesy of Riverdale High School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bulldozers, shovels, dirt, and construction workers will be a constant around the high school campus near Fort Myers Shores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a renovation long time coming,\u201d said Scott Cook, principal of Riverdale High School. \u201cWhat you\u2019re seeing is the beginnings of new parking, new gym, new science labs\u2014just a really good renovation Riverdale High School was due for. It\u2019s going to serve the community and kids well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/vlcsnap-2023-06-20-12h48m00s001.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58195\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The School District of Lee County calls the $69.5 million plan its largest project yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUpgrade the facility and provide the kids with a whole new one to support their future goals and what they wanna do,\u201d Cook said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school needed renovations because the old space had become too small and outdated for the current student population. The district has seen enrollment numbers go up each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201c[We] currently have 13 portables; when this project is complete, we won\u2019t need them anymore,\u201d Cook said. \u201cThis will be a huge benefit, safety-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parking lot is also being redesigned to replace space that will be occupied by two new buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project is expected to be finished by August 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riverdale High School in Lee County is undergoing a $69.5 million renovation that school staff say is sorely needed. Bulldozers, shovels, dirt, and construction workers will be a constant around&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2398],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58193"}],"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=58193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58196,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58193\/revisions\/58196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}