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Parents, teachers and bus drivers tell Lee County board classroom safety, staffing and pay need urgent fixes
Summary
At the March 4 Lee County School Board meeting parents and district employees described violent classroom incidents, blocked placements for students with behavior plans, staffing shortages and concerns about teacher and bus driver pay; speakers urged immediate intervention and redistribution of district funds.
Parents, teachers and other district employees told the Lee County School Board on March 4 that classroom safety problems, insufficient special‑education placements and staffing shortfalls are harming students and driving staff turnover.
"No child, no teacher, and no parent should have to worry about violence in the classroom," Britney Campagnoni, a parent of a second‑grade student at Edmancier Elementary, said during public comment. She described a student who allegedly threw and flipped chairs, struck classmates, and spat on her daughter; she said she filed a police report after an incident.
Special‑education teacher Erica Davis said inclusion policies have been applied in ways that, in her view, leave teachers and students exposed to recurring…
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