{"id":370737,"date":"2026-08-13T22:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T22:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370737\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T22:04:08","slug":"lee-superintendent-of-schools-wins-state-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370737\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Superintendent of Schools wins state award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1188537\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1188537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lee-School-District-Superintendent-Dr.-Denise-Carlin.-COURTESY-PHOTO-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1188537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lee School District Superintendent Dr. Denise Carlin. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p>The School District of Lee County is proud to announce that Superintendent Dr. Denise Carlin has been named the inaugural recipient of the Florida Department of Education\u2019s newly established Commissioner\u2019s Leadership Award.\u00a0She was\u00a0presented with\u00a0the\u00a0award at the\u00a02027 Florida Teacher of the Year Gala on\u00a0Thursday,\u00a0July 23\u00a0in Orlando, Florida.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be chosen for this inaugural state award is a profound honor, but it is truly a reflection of the dedicated educators, staff, students, and families across Lee County,\u201d said Dr. Denise Carlin. \u201cOur success belongs to our entire community. Together, we remain laser-focused on creating the best public school system in Florida.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>This prestigious state-level honor\u00a0recognizes an exceptional leader\u00a0who models professionalism and inspires colleagues, and\u00a0whose unwavering commitment to education has made a profound impact on students,\u00a0educators,\u00a0and schools.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Dr. Denise Carlin on being named the inaugural recipient of the Commissioner\u2019s Leadership Award,\u201d said Interim Commissioner Paul O. Burns. \u201cThis recognition reflects her dedication to Florida\u2019s students, educators, and families, as well as her commitment to excellence in public education. We are grateful for her leadership and the positive impact she continues to make in Lee County and across our state.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Former Commissioner of Education and now President of\u00a0Polk State College\u00a0Anastasios Kamoutsas stated\u00a0\u201cLeadership is about standing on principle. It is about having integrity, which means doing what is right when no one else is\u00a0looking, and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0understanding that in life, when you are facing obstacles, that God is preparing you for something greater. And\u00a0I\u00a0Couldn\u2019t think of a better person to award\u00a0than Superintendent Carlin, who\u00a0demonstrated\u00a0that level of leadership, that level of perseverance, and that level of faith in her God.\u201d\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee School District Superintendent Dr. Denise Carlin. -COURTESY PHOTO The School District of Lee County is proud to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-370737","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\/370737","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=370737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}