{"id":416950,"date":"2026-10-02T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416950\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:32:08","slug":"rebuilt-cypress-lake-middle-school-holds-ribbon-cutting-in-fort-myers-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416950\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebuilt Cypress Lake Middle School holds ribbon-cutting in Fort Myers | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Students at Cypress Lake Middle School got their first look at a brand-new campus after years of construction on Friday.<\/p>\n

The school is officially open for education. The rebuild gives students a newer, more modern and secure campus with more room for the arts.<\/p>\n

\"Rebuilt<\/p>\n

Cypress Lake Middle School. Credit: Lee County School District<\/p>\n

The Cypress Lake Panthers celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony showcasing what makes their school special: music, dance and the arts.<\/p>\n

\"Cypress<\/p>\n

Cypress Lake is one of the district’s three designated arts centers for sixth through eighth graders. The rebuild was part of a promise made in 2018 when voters approved a half-cent sales tax to help fund school improvements.<\/p>\n

A big part of this project was making more space for those programs. The dance studio and music room are both twice the size they were before.<\/p>\n

\"Dance<\/p>\n

Although students are in the new building, the project isn’t completely finished yet. Construction will continue through February.<\/p>\n

That includes tearing down the old cafeteria, removing the portable classrooms and adding a new bus ramp. The improvements mark a significant upgrade for the arts-focused middle school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Students at Cypress Lake Middle School got their first look at a brand-new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325,115],"class_list":["post-416950","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416950","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=416950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}