Lee County Public Schools

Lee County school board members learned their current superintendent, Christopher S. Bernier, wanted to end his reign over the past weekend. They turned again to Ken Savage. He had been interim superintendent prior to Bernier's appointment in 2022.

Christopher S. Bernier's request to leave the ninth largest school district in the state is effective immediately. Until Lee County elects its next superintendent this fall, Pasco is the largest school district to have partisan superintendent races.

As public schools in Lee County begin reopening this week for the first time since Hurricane Ian, the district’s counseling and mental health services teams are working to help students and staff reintegrate.

School superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier outlined plans the district is making to restart school despite the buildings that have been damaged.

This year, there have been stories of schoolchildren being sent home because of blistering heat in classrooms where the air conditioning is either broken…