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Monroe County Superintendent Joseph Burke gives a presentation to the Lee County School Board as one of four finalists interviewing for superintendent on Friday, May 13, 2011, in Fort Myers . David Albers/Staff

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Monroe County Superintendent Joseph Burke gives a presentation to the Lee County School Board as one of four finalists interviewing for superintendent on Friday, May 13, 2011, in Fort Myers . David Albers/Staff

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  • Monroe County Superintendent Joseph Burke gives a presentation to the Lee County School Board as one of four finalists interviewing for superintendent on Friday, May 13, 2011, in Fort Myers . David Albers/Staff
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  • Joseph Burke, right, the current superintendent of the Monroe County School District, and Steve Cobb, second from left, the chief academic officer for the Fort Wayne Community Schools in Fort Wayne, Ind., talk with members of the public during a meet and greet with the top four candidates for superintendent of the Lee County School District on Thursday at the Lee County Public Education Center in Fort Myers. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Joseph Burke, right, the current superintendent of the Monroe County School District, is greeted by Seth Rodenhofer, 9, along with his dinosaur puppet and mother Joan Downen during a meet and greet that allowed the public to talk personally to the top four candidates for superintendent of the Lee County School District on Thursday at the Lee County Public Education Center in Fort Myers. Downen is a geometry teacher at Riverdale High School and is also on the search committee for a superintendent. 'I want a candidate who understands from top to bottom how to run an organization and can be compassionate and sensitive to the issues around them,' Downen said. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Joseph Burke, right, the current superintendent of the Monroe County School District, is greeted by Joan Downen and her son Seth Rodenhofer, 9, along with his dinosaur puppet during a meet and greet that allowed the public to talk personally to the top four candidates for superintendent of the Lee County School District on Thursday at the Lee County Public Education Center in Fort Myers. Downen is a geometry teacher at Riverdale High School and is also on the search committee for a superintendent. 'I want a candidate who understands from top to bottom how to run an organization and can be compassionate and sensitive to the issues around them,' Downen said. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Monroe County Superintendent Joseph Burke. David Albers/Staff
  • Lee County School Board members Mary Fischer and Jane Kuckel listen to Monroe County Superintendent Joseph Burke give a presentation as one of four finalists interviewing for superintendent on Friday, May 13, 2011, in Fort Myers . David Albers/Staff

The Lee County School Board voted 4 to 1 Tuesday morning to hire Monroe County School District Superintendent Joseph Burke as its new superintendent.

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