Scholarship tally is $41 million-plus for Class of ‘23

By MEGHAN BRADBURY news@breezenewspapers com

The School District of Lee County's graduating Class of 2023 earned more than $41 million in scholarships, attending colleges, universities and technical centers across the United States

“We are always proud of our senior class with the financial haul they pull in,” district School Counseling and Mental

Health Director Lori Brooks said

As of two weeks ago, the total they had was not inclusive of the full Bright Future Scholarship amounts, as the state was still calculating those numbers Brooks said Bright Futures will qualify some students at the end of a senior student’s first semester Many qualify at the eighth semester, after graduation

See SCHOLARSHIP TALLY, page 7