Findings of Lee County schools review dispute whistleblower claims

The School District of Lee County denies it overpaid for textbooks despite a whistleblower complaint alleging that it and several other school systems in the state were overcharged by hundreds of thousands of dollars by publisher McGraw Hill.

In a two-sentence statement released Friday, May 20, the district says it has reviewed its purchase orders for English language arts material for elementary students from McGraw Hill and found that “all textbooks were purchased per Florida statute through the Florida School Book Depository at the state contracted price.