{"id":174532,"date":"2026-03-02T02:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/174532\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T02:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:44:08","slug":"students-disciplined-for-february-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/174532\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Disciplined for February Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"featured_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/District_Logo_300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"School District Logo\" title=\"School District Logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The School District of Lee County does not tolerate disruptions to the educational environment. We have completed our review and disciplinary process for the walkouts that occurred February 4-6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>While students have First Amendment rights, the Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines that those rights do not protect behavior that disrupts the educational process. The Student Code of Conduct prohibits disruptive actions such as walking out of class, leaving campus without permission, and refusing to follow staff directives.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a02,480 students have been identified as participating in the following disruptive behaviors:<\/p>\n<p>    \u00a02,037 skipping class or tardy to class<br \/>\n    \u00a0393 safety violations<br \/>\n    50 insubordination\/disrespect<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The disruptive behaviors resulted in the following disciplinary actions. Discipline is determined by the level of the offense and a student\u2019s behavioral history.<\/p>\n<p>    \u00a011 recommendations for reassignment to Success Academy<br \/>\n    \u00a0134 out-of-school suspensions<br \/>\n    \u00a040 in-school suspensions<br \/>\n    \u00a043 student conferences<br \/>\n    \u00a07 parent meetings<br \/>\n    \u00a0208 other Level III interventions including but not limited to:\u00a0Behavior contracts,\u00a0Extra-curricular suspensions,\u00a0Loss of privileges, and\u00a0Restitution<br \/>\n    2,037 warnings and\/or zeroes on assignments<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThe safety and security of our schools is our top priority,\u201d said Superintendent Dr. Denise Carlin. \u201cNinety-six percent of our students adhered to the Student Code of Conduct by remaining in class and focused on their education during the protests. We are proud of the choice they made. We are also grateful to our students\u2019 families for supporting the priorities of our school district and for reinforcing our behavioral expectations.  Together, we can ensure a safe learning environment for all students.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0 The School District of Lee County does not tolerate disruptions to the educational environment. We have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-174532","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\/174532","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=174532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}