“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
Publicly the district has “paused the transition.” Internally, staff has been directed to seek contracts and secure plans to have Royal Palm modified and the the Buckingham population moved in for the start of the 27-28 school year.
[A district administrator] wants to turn the Buckingham site into a fee based Pre-K center. Neither of these projects were budgeted into the capital plan.
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