Lesson in priorities

Before the first home was completed in Babcock Ranch, the first community school opened. Then work immediately began on its replacement.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 11:30 a.m. August 20, 2018
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (left), Babcock Ranch Developer Syd Kitson, student ambassadors and teacher Rachel Crawford during Babcock Neighborhood School’s grand opening. Courtesy Babcock Ranch.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (left), Babcock Ranch Developer Syd Kitson, student ambassadors and teacher Rachel Crawford during Babcock Neighborhood School’s grand opening. Courtesy Babcock Ranch.
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Having risen from a field of dirt to a completed school in a mere seven months, class is now in session at the second Babcock Neighborhood School to be opened in as many years in Babcock Ranch. On Aug. 8, Syd Kitson, developer of the new town that straddles Lee and Charlotte counties off State Road 31, was joined by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to celebrate the school opening.

 

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