School board ranks developer Sam Kellett first for two former school sites; schedules vote next Monday

The Lee County School Board on Monday night provisionally ranked proposals for three surplus school properties, favoring applicant Sam Kellett’s plan for two sites while placing another applicant, Tyler Shabrick, second for the separate 2.25-acre lot. The board agreed to reconvene at a special meeting next Monday at 5 p.m. to vote on contracts and any protections or stipulations.

Board member (Speaker 1), who presided over the workshop, outlined that the Pineda School property is split between the school building and a separate 2-acre lot and asked the board whether the parcels should be disposed of jointly or separately. Multiple board members said the parcels should be considered individually. "If they were really interested they'd be at the table," Speaker 1 said of an absent proposer, True Wisdom, a point several members repeated as…