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BG Charities to donate $10,000 to fund STEM program

Written by BBadmin7502 on March 13, 2015. Posted in News.

BY JACK SHORT Lemon Bay Conservancy and Boca Grande Charities, Inc, recently announced a joint effort to help some local middle and high school students prepare for biological research and field work. BGC, which runs the annual Gasparilla Island Kids’ Classic youth tarpon fishing tournament and which has, for four years, been a voice for […]

Guest commentary: Save The Tarpon legal fund drive promotes PTTS lawyer threat

Written by BBadmin7502 on January 16, 2015. Posted in News, Opinion.

BY TOM MCLAUGHLIN AND SAVE THE TARPON – A PTTS lawyer is once again threatening to haul Save The Tarpon back into court – this time in an apparent effort to thwart the group’s recent and ongoing legal defense fundraising efforts designed to provide the resources needed to fight back at Port Charlotte boat dealer Gary […]

Lee County School District makes historic decision, says ‘no’ to FCATS: But how does it affect The Island School?

Written by Marcy Shortuse on August 29, 2014. Posted in Education, News.

Heads are spinning within the Lee County School District, as the school board voted 3-2 to opt the district out of standardized testing. The decision was made on Wednesday, Aug. 27, and it made history.
Lee County is now the first county in Florida to opt out of the tests. What that means to supporters of the school board’s decision is that students will no longer be in dread of being held back because they failed the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, and that they will be graded on their schoolwork … not on their FCAT scores.