PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Charlotte County is one of four school districts in Southwest Florida to welcome back students.<\/p>\n
The first bell rings at 9:10 a.m. Middle schools get a later start.<\/p>\n
WINK News was at Port Charlotte Middle School, just off Midway Boulevard, as students prepared to return to class. For many students and adults, summer seemed to fly by.<\/p>\n
Later on Monday, middle schoolers will pack the halls of Port Charlotte Middle and get going on another school year. There’s a sense of optimism in the air as students start a new year.<\/p>\n
Charlotte County Superintendent Mark Vianello sent out a statement before classes start.<\/p>\n
“The beginning of a new school year is always filled with excitement, optimism, and opportunity,” Vianello said. “Whether you are a student walking into a classroom, a parent sending your child off to school, or an employee preparing to make a difference in the lives of children, this is a time to look ahead with hope and anticipation.”<\/p>\n
The first day of school for the Lee County School District is Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Charlotte County is one of four school districts in Southwest Florida to welcome…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,4250,3837,115,126261],"class_list":["post-367363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-charlotte","tag-collaborator_gen_stories","tag-news","tag-news_special"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367363","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=367363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}