Share Your Story
A safe, anonymous place for teachers, staff, and parents in the School District of Lee County to share what they are seeing.
Real accounts from educators, former educators and parents in Southwest Florida. Some are shared with us directly, some arrive through the anonymous form below. Some are lightly condensed. These are personal experiences, told in the storyteller's own words.
A story is never an endorsement, and views are the storyteller's own. Have a story? Use the form below. It asks for no name and stores no IP address, and anything published from it is published anonymously, with identifying details removed. There is one optional box for a way to reach you. Filling it in is what lets us check an account and raise it with the district as a specific case; leaving it blank still counts it in what we report. It is never published, never shown beside a story, and never handed to the district.
Teacher stories
- “My room is already so full that there are not enough chairs for students.” — A current Lee County teacher · submitted anonymously through the form on this page, October 2026
- “Please look into where the money went for the new English textbooks.” — A current Lee County teacher · submitted anonymously through the form on this page, September 2026
- “Teachers deserve better communication and support.” — A current Lee County teacher · submitted anonymously through the form on this page, August 2026
- “Files lost, lessons that teachers have created .. gone.” — A Lee County educator · submitted anonymously through the form on this page, August 2026
- “Internally, staff has been directed to seek contracts and secure plans.” — Former Lee County district employee · submitted anonymously through the form on this page, August 2026
- “We just want Lee County to stop pretending to care about the ESE kids.” — A Lee County parent · submitted anonymously through the form on this page, August 2026
- “Are students failing to progress because they are not learning?” — Former Lee County educator · submitted anonymously through the form on this page, August 2026
- “Check on your self contained kids, parents.” — A Lee County educator · submitted anonymously through the form on this page, August 2026
- “School has started again and I still don’t have a position.” — Former Lee County educator · cut in the 2026 budget reductions · submitted anonymously through the form on this page, August 2026
- “I feel like a dog who was rescued from the shelter.” — Former Southwest Florida educator · nearly 10 years in public education · shared with permission, July 2026