23+ hour, 24+ min ago  (250+ words) 7 OCPS Schools Closing Seven Orange County schools will close following the school board's final decision on Tuesday night. With fewer students and declining enrollment, public school leaders say they just don't have the money to keep under enrolled schools open....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (127+ words) Orange County Weighs School Closures Orange County Public Schools is weighing plans to close seven schools next year. On Tuesday, the School Board reviewed a proposal to consolidate the students from the seven across 17 other schools in the county. Hundreds…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (412+ words) The Orange County Public School Board voted Tuesday night to close seven schools experiencing under enrollment. Officials with Orange County Public Schools brought the proposal forward, citing under enrollment tied to factors like declining birthrates, expensive housing in the surrounding…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (438+ words) Teachers, staff, school leaders and educational advocates rallied in Tallahassee Thursday to ask the legislature to protect Florida's public schools this session. Participants called on the legislature to increase teacher pay, fix the state's universal voucher program, and to limit…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (545+ words) The Orange County School Board met Tuesday to discuss the impacts of the potential closures of seven schools. They shared feedback from families. There were trends in the concerns board members said they had heard from parents and families at…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (511+ words) Parents are weighing in as Orange County Public Schools considers closing seven schools due to low enrollment numbers and budget costs. Close to a hundred people gathered Wednesday at Eccleston Elementary in Orlando for the School's Consolidation and Rezoning Meeting....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (497+ words) While reviewing proposals to consolidate seven schools in Orange County, several members of the School Board expressed anger and frustration with state leaders, saying they're not supporting their institutions. "If it was really equal and we were funded appropriately for…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (677+ words) In a first for the state, more than half of Florida's K-12 students are attending a school of choice, instead of their neighborhood zoned public school. Nearly 1.8 million students, 51% of all K-12 students in the state, chose to attend a private, charter,…...