
Seven classrooms have been shut down in the Lee County school district due to COVID-19.
One classroom is closed at each of the following schools: Pelican Elementary, North Fort Myers High School, Cypress Lake Middle School, and Trafalgar Elementary.
Three classrooms have closed at Villas Elementary.
A classroom at Mariner Middle School was also closed but that class reopened Wednesday.
The district says the students who are quarantining are now learning remotely from home through Google Classroom.
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