Information about the Collier County School District and Lee County School District.

• Edison embarks on innovative plan: Kindergarten to graduate school education Published 3/20/2010 at 2:10 p.m. 3 comments

  Edison State College wants to offer a complete education from pre-kindergarten through graduate studies. After gaining status as a state college in 2008, following its addition of six baccalaureate degrees, Edison went from community college to four-year institution. Now, it ...

• Mentoring group helps Lely students become first in family to go to college Published 3/19/2010 at 6:41 p.m. 0 comments

  Eight local residents decided to start a grass-roots mentoring program at Lely High School. The program, called Mentoring and More, has one goal _ to help eight Lely High School students go to the college of their choice.

• Collier Sheriff’s Office closes student assault investigation due to lack of evidence against teacher Updated 3/19/2010 at 8:23 p.m. 25 comments

  The Collier County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday it has closed the case against teacher Tom Davenport due to lack of evidence.

• Cardinal O'Malley to preside at Ave Maria University baccalaureate mass Published 3/19/2010 at 4:05 p.m. 1 comment

  The Baccalaureate Mass at Ave Maria University May 7 will be celebrated by Boston Archbishop Sean Cardinal O'Malley, the university has announced.

• Higher education briefs for the week of March 21 Published 3/19/2010 at 3:52 p.m. 0 comments

  The Dr. Talbot Spivak Holocaust Memorial Week marks its 15th anniversary at Edison State College starting March 22. The year’s theme, “Holocaust Through the Arts,” will focus on the influences that the arts and the Holocaust have had on each ...

• Cold War over but Russia still an international power, experts say Updated 3/19/2010 at 5:12 p.m. 0 comments

  The Cold War is over but Russia still has a significant role to play in international affairs. “There are those who think Russian history is last century’s business,” said James F. Collins, the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia. “I’m here ...

• St. John Neumann event raises $143,000 for scholarships and academic enhancements Published 3/19/2010 at 12:47 p.m. 0 comments

  The sound of engines roaring from vintage hot rods kicked off the Amazing Celtic Race, Ninth Annual Silent Auction and 30th Anniversary Celebration March 13 at St. Ann’s Jubilee Center, to benefit St. John Neumann Catholic High School.

• Exhibit features international children's art at Ave Maria arts festival Updated 3/19/2010 at 10:32 a.m. 0 comments

  For the next month, seeing life through the eyes of the world's children will be as easy as looking into the store windows that encircle the town center of Ave Maria. Those windows now feature more than 150 pieces of ...

• Lorenzo Walker Technical High students organize Prom Expo Published 3/18/2010 at 8:05 p.m. 0 comments

  It’s prom time and students at Lorenzo Walker Technical High School know that finding the perfect dress or tux, transportation, flowers and date are all important.

• Chilmonik’s vacancy on the Lee School Board opens door for new ideas Published 3/18/2010 at 7:40 p.m. 0 comments

  When Lee County School Board Member Robert Chilmonik vacates his seat, it will be the first change to the board’s chemistry in eight years.

• Parents feel Collier School Board ignored neighborhood’s rezoning request Updated 3/18/2010 at 9:05 p.m. 12 comments

  Dan Rogers, who lives on 13th Avenue Southwest, spoke for a group of about 10 parents and students who felt cheated because the School Board rezoned Logan Woods to Naples High School and Collier Woods to Gulf Coast High School ...

• Newt Gingrich to visit Naples for Ave Maria law school film screening Published 3/18/2010 at 4:38 p.m. 12 comments

  Newt and Callista Gingrich will present a film during an Ave Maria law school event at 7:30 p.m. April 18 at Naples High School.

• Blades' Thelen, Osman were part of school lockdown in Cape Coral Updated 3/18/2010 at 8:35 p.m. 0 comments

  Florida Everblades defenseman A.J. Thelen thought he was making a typical school appearance on Thursday at Gulf Elementary School in Cape Coral, but less than five minutes after he entered the building with teammate Dominic Osman and team intern Caity ...

• VIDEO: Cape Coral elementary school lockdown over Updated 3/18/2010 at 2:13 p.m. 9 comments

  Gulf Elementary is no longer under lockdown this afternoon after officials determined a student's report of seeing a man with gun was false.

• POLL: Collier School Board to vote on whether to exempt rising juniors from rezoning Published 3/17/2010 at 9:05 p.m. 8 comments

  High school juniors who could be rezoned next year are hoping the Collier County School Board changes its policy Thursday. The School Board will vote to grandfather rising juniors and seniors and allow them to remain at their current schools ...

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