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The School District of Lee County - 2012 Community Survey
Have Your Voice Heard!

Results from this survey will be used by the school district to make important strategic decisions that will impact you and your community over the next ten years.  Please answer all questions, even if you do not currently have children attending school in the district.  Deadline for completion of survey is February 29, 2012.  To participate in this survey, CLICK HERE  or go to:

http://research.zarca.com/k/SsVTWQsQQXsPsPsP

The survey is available online in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole, and should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Please tell all of your friends, family members, neighbors, etc., about this survey effort.

Thank you for your participation.

COMMUNITY INPUT LETTER: Cape Coral Daily Breeze - Guest Opinion "School District Seeking Community Input" January 21, 2012: "...our Superintendent, Dr. Joseph Burke, conducted a media briefing where he provided information about an upcoming Community Survey on Education. This ambitious project is an opportunity for members of our community to ... read more   LEE IN LOOP LETTER: January 2012, written to Friends of Lee County Public Schools:  "I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back for the start of the new semester of the 2011/12 school year... read more "

OLD CLIPPING: From The News Press, Friday, February 25, 2000 - Teacher Announces Bid for School Board - by Kimberly Miller   RHS ARTICLE:  Riverdale High School Teacher Plans to Run for School Board, by Wioletta Bukowska   NDN ARTICLE:  The Naples Daily News, Monday April 24, 2000, by Dave Breitenstein

The Naples Daily News, Monday, April 24, 2000
By Dave Breitenstein

The race for two Lee County School Board seats has heated up during April, with six candidates now having declared their intentions to help lead a 56,000-student system.

Seats in District 2, which represents central Fort Myers, and south Lee’s District 3 are up for re-election. Candidates will run on a nonpartisan ticket for the first time, and voters countywide can elect both positions.

Candidates for District 2 include Jeanne Dozier, Bob Lisenbee, Sonya Paige and T. Rankin Terry. Incumbent Lanny Moore has yet to decide whether he'll seek a second term. Jane Kuckel and incumbent Pat Riley plan to run for the District 3 position, although Riley has not opened a cam- paign account.

"We're probably going to see more come out in both of these races," said Lee County Super- visor of Elections Philinda Young, who's received about 10 calls from people considering the seats. "Now that it's a non- partisan position, we'll see more interest."

Candidates for School Board do not officially file paperwork with the elections office until July 17-21. The election is scheduled for Nov. 7, although primaries this fall will whittle the field down to the final two candidates for each position.

The four residents who have opened campaign accounts for the District 2 seat are:

E Dozier, 48, a law education and American history teacher at Riverdale High. She has spent 11 years in Lee County schools, serving as assistant principal at Michigan Elementary, Suncoast Middle and Mariner High, where she also taught. Her 24 years in education include time-spent teaching in Alabama, where the Daughters of the American Revolution named her National Teacher of the Year. She received her bachelor's degree in 1977 from Troy State University in Alabama and a master's from Nova Southeastern University in 1994. She is married with two children.

Dozier said she wants to improve communication between the district and community, remedy the transportation system and reduce class sizes. Dozier's daughter also is a Lee County teacher, but possibly for not much longer.

"She's looking at moving out of the county because of all the problems," Dozier said. "I don't want to see that happen."

RHS Teacher Plans To Run for School Board
By Wioletta Bukowska

Riverdale High School teacher, Jeanne Dozier has tossed her hat in the ring to run for the district two seat on the School Board of Lee County. 

"I was approached by several parents and some members of the community a few years age. I decided to run, because of what happened with teachers' contracts,' said Mrs. Dozier. 

If she wins, Mrs. Dozier wants to promote an open network of communication between schools, school board members and parents. She also says she wants to address parent concerns over bus issues and reducing class size.

"It requires 24hours a day to run," according to Mrs. Dozier, and she won't be able to teach for four years if she wins. Mrs. Dozier will also not be eligible to teach and serve because it would be a conflict of interest.

At Riverdale High School, Mrs. Dozier is in her second year as a social studies teacher. She teaches law studies and American history. 

Running against Mrs. Dozier, are Robert "Bob" Lisenbee, T. Rankin Terry, and Sonya Page. Any registered voter in Lee County can vote on this race in September.