Lee County, on Florida’s southwest Gulf Coast, has turned two abandoned Kmart stores into public schools.<\/a><\/p>\nGood creative thinking – save a lot of money, and save the community from two, big empty eyesores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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