{"id":368296,"date":"2026-08-11T11:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368296\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:12:10","slug":"hector-a-cafferata-jr-k-8-school-reopens-after-hurricane-ian-damage-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368296\/","title":{"rendered":"Hector A. Cafferata Jr. K-8 school reopens after Hurricane Ian damage | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 A new K-8 school has opened in Cape Coral, replacing a campus badly damaged by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winknews.com\/search\/?l=25&amp;s=start_time&amp;sd=desc&amp;f=html&amp;t=article%2Cvideo%2Cyoutube%2Ccollection&amp;app=editorial&amp;nsa=eedition&amp;q=Hurricane+Ian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hurricane Ian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hector A. Cafferata Jr. K-8 School spans about 225,000 square feet across four buildings. The campus includes a large gymnasium and currently serves 900 students, with more expected to enroll.<\/p>\n<p>Students had been learning at other schools or in portables since Hurricane Ian damaged the original building. The new facility features modern amenities designed with safety and flexibility in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Principal Dr. Jason Kurtz led WINK News on a tour of the campus. He highlighted several unique features, including flexible seating options and innovative classroom furniture.<\/p>\n<p>The school&#8217;s cafetorium serves as both a cafeteria and performance space.<\/p>\n<p>Safety features include individual restrooms instead of communal facilities, preventing multiple students from gathering in one place. The design also incorporates a large vestibule area where visitors are buzzed in and held before accessing the front office.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Hector A. Cafferata  WINK News\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The school welcomed WINK News by displaying the station&#8217;s logo on the new LED marquee at the front entrance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 A new K-8 school has opened in Cape Coral, replacing a campus badly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325,115,126261],"class_list":["post-368296","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-collaborator_gen_stories","tag-lee","tag-news","tag-news_special"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368296","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=368296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}