Many school board members and School District of Lee County staff shared their condolences to Superintendent Dr. Denise Carlin and her family during Tuesday night’s meeting.
Judge John Carlin, who dedicated more than 35 years serving the people of Southwest Florida, passed away after 5 p.m. on March 5. He was first a Lee County judge and later a Circuit Court Judge in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit.
“He was a lion not only in the legal community, but this community,” Board member Sam Fisher said. “I don’t think you can find a place in this county that he didn’t impact somebody, especially adoptions. Everywhere you turn there are so many stories of adoptions that Judge Carlin did with the boards he served on.”…