{"id":12970,"date":"2025-10-20T21:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12970\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T21:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:49:09","slug":"lee-county-school-district-to-host-conversations-that-count-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12970\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County School District to host \u2018conversations that count\u2019 event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lee County School District is inviting parents and community members to attend its next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeschools.net\/cms\/one.aspx?portalId=676305&amp;pageId=222997194\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cConversations that Count\u201d<\/a> event.  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s part of a yearlong series designed to provide updates on district initiatives and offer a forum for public input. Each session is hosted by an individual board member and offers a more informal setting for community engagement. <\/p>\n<p>This event will be hosted by School Board Chair Samuel Fisher and Superintendent Dr. Denise Carlin. Rob Spicker, the district\u2019s director of communications, marketing and public relations, urged community members to attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage our families to come out, take advantage of this opportunity, learn what\u2019s happening inside the school district,\u201d he said. \u201cBring their questions, so that we can get it addressed during the meeting or addressed afterwards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Topics for this gathering will include an update on the superintendent\u2019s safe start initiative, improvements to bus transportation, and other district matters. The meeting will be held at Challenger Middle School, 624 SW Trafalgar Parkway in Cape Coral, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21.<\/p>\n<p>WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wgcu.secureallegiance.com\/wgcu\/WebModule\/Donate.aspx?P=JOURNALISM&amp;PAGETYPE=PLG&amp;CHECK=Fh6V9MuzTVcdN7RxIr2SYb1YhDw50SikSh2nq0qouhg%3d\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">donate\u00a0<\/a>now. Thank you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lee County School District is inviting parents and community members to attend its next \u201cConversations that Count\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-12970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}