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District outlines ESE audit response: centralized FOCUS dashboard, weekly certifications and summer training summit

School Board of Lee County · December 2, 2025
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Summary

District leaders described actions taken after an RSM audit of exceptional student education, including a centralized FOCUS dashboard, weekly certification checks, quarterly sampling audits and a June 2026 ESE summit; board members pressed for parent visibility and training for long-term substitutes.

Lee County Schools presented its response to RSM audit observations on exceptional student education (ESE) at the Dec. 1 workshop, laying out system and staffing changes intended to improve documentation, oversight and fidelity of accommodations.

Chief Academic Officer Nathan Shaker and Senior Director Rachel Gould said the district implemented a…

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