Fort Myers Beach Town Attorney Nancy Stuparich reported to the Town Council Monday that the School District would cover the entire cost of a mediator in their battle over the Beach School, but only if the meeting was moved off the beach.
The Town Council said that wouldn’t be happening and they are sticking to their plan of having the mediation meeting, open to the public, at town hall on Wednesday, November 5th at 1PM. The town has started the process of fighting the School District because they say the district has reneged on an inter-local agreement to rebuild the beach School. The school has not been repaired since being damaged by hurricane Milton in 2024. It did re-open briefly after hurricane Ian.
The town hopes to hire attorney Derek Rooney to mediate the dispute. Rooney is from the law firm Gray Robinson and he is also the attorney for the City of Bonita Springs. The town will only cover half the cost of Rooney’s services so it’s unclear what would happen if the school district refuses to cover the other half…