With School District of Lee County’s virtual school option, Lee Home Connect, being eliminated for the next school year, many people could turn to Lee Virtual School. We looked at how LVS would adjust to an increase in new students. The pandemic brought LVS from the smallest school in the district to the biggest in […]
The deadline is past Friday to change your kids from Lee Home Connect to in-person learning in Lee County. We spoke to parents passionate about this issue. As of Friday morning, 8,648 students are returning to face-to-face learning in Lee County, and 373 will head online with Lee Home Connect. The deadline for those students […]
A teacher switch not even three weeks into the school year. One Lee County mom is mad after she says the district just told her Friday that it pulled her daughter’s teacher. Six, almost seven, year-old Allison learns from home now. It hasn’t all been easy, but mom Yami Garcia says three weeks in, Lee […]
Parents have been forced to make what could be a life-changing decision for their kids: Put your kids back in school and risk their health, or switch them to home connect. We spoke to a single mom who works full-time about her decision and what it means for her child. Kristin Sullivan was stressed before […]
Learning at home away from your teacher is hard enough. Imagine doing it with major tech issues. Distorted sound, a robotic-sounding voice, screen glitches and lots of lag time; that’s the reality for some kids in Lee Home Connect right now. By day three, they’re over it. The district created Lee Home Connect to give […]
A single parent is bringing her idea to life and turning an empty skating rink into a school of sorts. Nicole Sherill brainstormed ahead of the school year to think of a way to send her kids to school and feel safe about the decision. “I was talking with another single mom, both trying to […]