🌱 How will closing Lee Elementary reshape where local kids go to school?

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• How will closing Lee Elementary reshape where local kids go to school?

Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 79 and low of 50 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 79, low: 52.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 81 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schools (wkrg.com) — Families with children at Lee Elementary face a major change as Madison County plans to close its three rural elementary schools and send all students to Madison County Central, a majority-Black K-8 campus. The move, driven by falling enrollment and funding, is reopening long-standing tensions over race, school choice, and integration for Lee, Greenville, and Pinetta families.
   

📸 Around Lee

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lee

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Wednesday December 24

• Closed for Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
  Lee Library , 190 SE County Road 255 , Lee

Thursday January 1

• Closed New Year's Day
  Lee Library , 190 SE County Road 255 , Lee

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 23

• Community Crochet @
  Lafayette County Public Library , 120 Crawford Street , Mayo
  3:30 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Closed for Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
  Greenville Public Library , 1325 SW Main Street , Greenville

Friday December 26

• Suwannee Lights
  Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park & Campground , 3076 95th Dr , Live Oak
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Suwannee Lights 2025
  Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park & Campground , 3076 95th Dr , Live Oak
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Senior Lunch and Leisure Bingo
  Suwannee River Economic Council Inc. , 1171 Nobles Ferry Rd NW Building #1 , Live Oak
  11:30 am

Thursday January 1

• Closed New Year's Day
  Greenville Public Library , 1325 SW Main Street , Greenville

Thursday February 26

• Suwannee Amp Jam 2026
  Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park & Campground , 3076 95th Dr , Live Oak
  12:00 pm

Thursday March 12

• Suwannee Banjo Camp — Camp Weed & Cerveny Conference Center
  Camp Weed & Cerveny Conference Center , 11057 Camp Weed Pl , Live Oak
  1:30 pm

Monday March 16

• Spring Break — Becky's Dance Steps Studio
  Becky's Dance Steps Studio , 438 E Base St , Madison
  6:30 pm

Tuesday March 17

• Extension Agent Hydroponic IST
  UF/IFAS NFREC-Suwannee Valley (Farm) , 8202 Co Rd 417 , Live Oak
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member in Lee. Apply here.
• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Madison. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lee here.

🗞 Nearby News

Madison

• 55-Plus Club enjoys seasonal music (greenepublishing.com)
• Florida State University graduates 56 physician assistants to help address healthcare shortage (wtxl.com)
• Final Weeks to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Wichita Awards; Wichita Community Theatre Leads Favorite Theatre! (broadwayworld.com)

Perry

• Adam Sanders Wins The First Season Of ‘The Road' (musicrow.com)
• 'Goat Busters" Aid in Dramatic Late-Night Goat Rescue in Lake County (lakeandsumterstyle.com)

Lake City

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-- The Patch AM Team

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