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Board hears plan to limit some high-school bus service and to adjust middle-school zones ahead of new school openings

School Board of Lee County · December 2, 2025
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Summary

Staff recommended a strategic transportation threshold for high schools that limits transportation to the subzones supplying 90% of a school’s enrollment (or top three subzones if no 90% concentration), estimating fewer than 900 students would be impacted; staff also proposed small middle-school boundary adjustments tied to opening a new junior K–8 in 2026.

District planners presented a multi-option analysis of high-school transportation and middle-school boundary adjustments at the Dec. 1 workshop, recommending a measured approach to reduce extreme route lengths while preserving program access.

For high schools, staff proposed a strategic transportation threshold: if 90% or more of a high school’s enrollment lives in two subzones, transportation would be limited to those subzones (excluding barrier islands); if no 90%…

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