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== Schools ==
== Schools ==
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OCPS has used an attendance model of [[kindergarten]] through grade 5 for [[primary education|elementary schools]], grades 6–8 for [[middle school]] and grades 9–12 for [[high school]] since July 1987.<ref name="JHStoMS">{{cite web |publisher = The Orlando Sentinel |title = Orange Middle Schools Debuting With New Way Of Life For Students |url = http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1987-08-23/news/0140180059_1_middle-schools-school-system-high-school}}</ref> Before then, grade 6 was part of elementary school and grade 9 was part of middle school ("junior high" in OCPS prior to July 1987). As now required by Florida law, virtually all elementary schools have [[pre-kindergarten]] programs.

OCPS has 202 regular-attendance schools as of the 2020-21 school year: 127 elementary, nine K–8, 38 middle, 20 high, and eight exceptional student education centers. The district also has an [[adult education]] system with six dedicated campuses and night classes at most high schools, four dedicated [[special education]] schools as well as a hospital/homebound program, and dozens of alternative education centers, including [[charter school]]s. Six of the high schools in OCPS have separate ninth-grade centers, three of them off-site of the main campus, built after the shift from K–6/7–9/10–12 to K–5/6–8/9–12.

Some elementary middle and high schools include magnet programs that allow students to specialize in particular subject areas. Students must apply to magnet schools in order to take advantage of this specialization. Some magnet programs offered by OCPS are aviation and aerospace, engineering, foreign languages / dual languages, visual and performing arts, [[International Baccalaureate]], international studies, criminal justice, digital media, hospitality, leadership, photonics, medical sciences, and veterinary animal science.

The schools of OCPS are divided into six areas called learning communities: North, East, West, Southeast, Southwest and School Transformation Office (STO). Southeast and Southwest were split from a larger South Learning Community in 2006. The School Transformation Office Learning Community, which was founded in 2013, includes schools throughout Orange County who have received failing grades and helps provide resources for students at these schools to succeed. Prior to the existence of STO, there was a Central Learning Community, which was known as the "Urban Cohort" until 2005.

The district is in an aggressive expansion and school improvement project being fueled by a 0.5% [[sales tax]] option passed by the voters of Orange County in 2002. Skyrocketing land and materials costs, however, have outpaced faster-than-expected sales tax revenue increases and slowed progress. Many projects had been pushed back, and some had been cancelled altogether. An extension of the half-penny sales tax was passed in 2014 for another ten years.

Most paperwork distributed to students and parents by OCPS is available in both [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. Many such documents are also available in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], [[Haitian Creole language|Haitian Creole]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], and [[Filipino language|Filipino]] due to the significant populations in Orange County that speak each language.

=== Elementary schools ===
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* [[Aloma Elementary School]]
* Andover Elementary School
* Apopka Elementary School
* Avalon Elementary School
* Azalea Park Elementary School
* Baldwin Park Elementary School
* Bay Lake Elementary School
* Bay Meadows Elementary School
* Bonneville Elementary School
* Brookshire Elementary School
* Camelot Elementary School
* Castle Creek Elementary School
* Castleview Elementary School
* Catalina Elementary School
* Cheney Elementary School
* Chickasaw Elementary School
* Citrus Elementary School
* Clay Springs Elementary School
* Columbia Elementary School
* Conway Elementary School
* Cypress Park Elementary School
* Cypress Springs Elementary School
* Deerwood Elementary School
* Dillard Street Elementary School
* Dommerich Elementary School
* Dover Shores Elementary School
* Dr. Phillips Elementary School
* Dream Lake Elementary School
* Durrance Elementary School{{efn|Durrance ES <ref>{{cite web|url=https://p15cdn4static.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Durrance%20ES%202008.pdf|title=Durrance ES.pdf|publisher=Orange County Public Schools|accessdate=September 28, 2021}}</ref> was permanently closed after the 2017-2018 school year and merged into Cypress Park ES as a combined campus known as Sally Ride ES, opening in August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://p15cdn4static.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Departments/Facilities/Building%20Schools/Cypress%20Park%20ES.pdf|title=Cypress Park ES.pdf|publisher=Orange County Public Schools|accessdate=September 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://p15cdn4static.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Sally%20Ride%20ES.pdf|title=Sally Ride ES.pdf|publisher=Orange County Public Schools|accessdate=September 28, 2021}}</ref> The former Durrance ES campus has now been repurposed as the Orange County Public School District Food & Nutrition Services building as of the 2021-22 school year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goo.gl/maps/CsTjPDFVnpcc3oau9|title=Orange County Public School District Food & Nutrition Services - Google Maps|publisher=[[Google Maps]]|accessdate=September 28, 2021}}</ref>}}
* Eagle Creek Elementary School
* Eagles Nest Elementary School
* East Lake Elementary School
* Eccleston Elementary School
* Endeavor Elementary School
* Engelwood Elementary School
* Forsyth Woods Elementary School
* Frangus Elementary School
* Hiawassee Elementary School
* Hidden Oaks Elementary School
* Hillcrest Elementary School
* Hungerford Elementary School
* Hunters Creek Elementary School
* Independence Elementary School
* Ivey Lane Elementary School
* John Young Elementary School
* Keenes Crossing Elementary School
* Killarney Elementary School
* Lake Gem Elementary School
* Lake George Elementary School
* Lake Silver Elementary School
* Lake Sybelia Elementary School
* Lake Weston Elementary School
* Lake Whitney Elementary School
* Lakemont Elementary School
* Lakeville Elementary School
* Lancaster Elementary School
* Laureate Park Elementary School
* Lawton Chiles Elementary School
* Little River Elementary School
* Lockhart Elementary School
* Lovell Elementary School
* Maxey Elementary School
* McCoy Elementary School
* Meadow Woods Elementary School
* MetroWest Elementary School
* Millennia Elementary School
* Millennia Gardens Elementary School
* Mollie Ray Elementary School
* Moss Park Elementary School
* Northlake Park Elementary School
* Oak Hill Elementary School
* Oakshire Elementary School
* Ocoee Elementary School
* Orange Center Elementary School
* Orlo Vista Elementary School
* [[Palm Lake Elementary School]]
* Palmetto Elementary School
* Pinar Elementary School
* Pine Hills Elementary School
* Pineloch Elementary School
* Pinewood Elementary School
* Prairie Lake Elementary School
* Princeton Elementary School
* Ridgewood Park Elementary School
* [[Riverdale Elementary School (Florida)|Riverdale Elementary School]]
* Riverside Elementary School
* Rock Lake Elementary School
* Rock Springs Elementary School
* Rolling Hills Elementary School
* Rosemont Elementary School
* Sadler Elementary School
* Sally Ride Elementary School
* Sand Lake Elementary School
* Shenandoah Elementary School
* Shingle Creek Elementary School
* Southwood Elementary School
* Spring Lake Elementary School
* Stone Lakes Elementary School
* Summerlake Elementary School
* Sun Blaze Elementary School
* SunRidge Elementary School
* Sunrise Elementary School
* Sunset Park Elementary School
* Sunshine Elementary School
* Tangelo Park Elementary School
* Thornebrooke Elementary School
* Three Points Elementary School
* Tildenville Elementary School
* Timber Lakes Elementary School
* Union Park Elementary School
* Ventura Elementary School
* Village Park Elementary School
* Vista Lakes Elementary School
* Vista Pointe Elementary School
* Washington Shores Elementary School
* Water Spring Elementary School
* Waterbridge Elementary School
* Waterford Elementary School
* West Creek Elementary School
* West Oaks Elementary School
* Westbrooke Elementary School
* Westpointe Elementary School
* Wetherbee Elementary School
* Wheatley Elementary School
* Whispering Oak Elementary School
* Windermere Elementary School
* Winegard Elementary School
* Wolf Lake Elementary School
* Wyndham Lakes Elementary School
* Zellwood Elementary School
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=== K-8 Schools ===
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* Arbor Ridge K-8 School
* Audubon Park K-8 School
* Baldwin Park K-8 School
* Blankner K-8 School
* Lake Como K-8 School
* OCPS Academic Center for Excellence (ACE)
* Orlando Gifted Academy
* Pershing K-8 School
* Wedgefield K-8 School
* Windy Ridge K-8 School
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=== Middle schools ===
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* Apopka Memorial Middle School
* Audubon Park K-8
* Avalon Middle School
* Bridgewater Middle School
* Carver Middle School
* Chain Of Lakes Middle School
* College Park Middle School
* Conway Middle School
* Corner Lake Middle School
* Discovery Middle School
* Freedom Middle School
* Glenridge Middle School
* Gotha Middle School
* Horizon West Middle School
* Howard Middle School
* Hunters Creek Middle School
* Innovation Middle School
* Judson B. Walker Middle School
* Lake Nona Middle School
* Lakeview Middle School
* Legacy Middle School
* Liberty Middle School
* Lockhart Middle School
* Maitland Middle School
* Meadow Woods Middle School
* Meadowbrook Middle School
* Memorial Middle School
* Ocoee Middle School
* Odyssey Middle School
* Piedmont Lakes Middle School
* Roberto Clemente Middle School
* Robinswood Middle School
* South Creek Middle School
* Southwest Middle School
* SunRidge Middle School
* Timber Springs Middle School
* Union Park Middle School
* Water Spring Middle School (2021)
* Westridge Middle School
* Wolf Lake Middle School
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=== High schools ===
Prior to 1952, there were only two high schools in the City of Orlando: [[Orlando High School]] and [[Jones High School (Orlando, Florida)|Jones High School]], which was a [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregation]]-era Black-only high school until integration was enforced. Other municipalities in the county had high schools: [[Apopka, Florida]]; [[Winter Park, Florida]]; [[Ocoee, Florida]]; [[Winter Garden, Florida]] (Lakeview H.S.), and [[Eatonville, Florida]] (Hungerford H.S.).

In 1952, Orlando High was split into what became [[Edgewater High School]] and [[William R. Boone High School]]. Originally to be named "Orlando North" and "Orlando South", respectively, Orlando South took its modern name after its principal, William R. Boone, died before it opened. Orlando North took the name of the road it was built on, Edgewater Drive. The former Orlando High campus became Howard Middle School. Jones High moved to its present location in 1952, which was reconstructed in 2004.

In 1975, Ocoee High School and Lakeview High School were closed (their old campuses then housed Junior High schools of the same names) and their students went to the new West Orange High School. 30 years later, a new Ocoee High School was built and opened in 2005.

Hungerford High School in the historically black community of Eatonville was renamed Wymore Tech and Wymore Career Education Center until it became Hungerford Preparatory School in the 1990s and operated as a Magnet School without a specific geographic attendance zone. OCPS closed Hungerford Prep in 2008.
Ten of the district's high schools have been opened in the last 30 years, not including reconstructed campuses for existing schools.

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* [[Apopka High School]]
* [[William R. Boone High School]]
* [[Colonial High School]]
* [[Cypress Creek High School (Orlando, Florida)|Cypress Creek High School]]
* [[Dr. Phillips High School]]
* [[East River High School]]
* [[Edgewater High School]]
* [[Maynard Evans High School]]
* [[Freedom High School (Orlando, Florida)|Freedom High School]]
* [[Horizon High School (Florida)|Horizon High School]]
* [[Jones High School (Orlando, Florida)|Jones High School]]
* [[Lake Buena Vista High School]]
* [[Lake Nona High School]]
* [[Oak Ridge High School (Orlando, Florida)|Oak Ridge High School]]
* [[Ocoee High School]]
* [[Olympia High School (Orlando, Florida)|Olympia High School]]
* [[Timber Creek High School]]
* [[University High School (Orlando, Florida)|University High School]]
* [[Wekiva High School]]
* [[West Orange High School (Winter Garden, Florida)|West Orange High School]]
* [[Windermere High School]]
* [[Winter Park High School]]
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==

Revision as of 00:06, 12 May 2022

Orange County Public Schools
Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center, the district headquarters
Address
445 West Amelia Street[1]
Orlando
, Florida, 32801-1129
United States
District information
TypePublic school district
SuperintendentBarbara M. Jenkins (since 2012)
Chair of the boardTeresa Jacobs (since 2018)
Other information
Websitewww.ocps.net

Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) is the public school district for Orange County, Florida. It is based in the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center in downtown Orlando.[2] As of the 2020-21 school year, OCPS has an enrollment of 206,058 students, making it the 9th largest school district in the United States and the fourth largest in Florida.[3] The school district also employs over 25,125 instructional and classified employees, which make up more than 95% of the OCPS work force.[3]

School board

The superintendent of Orange County Public Schools is Quinsarious Bafmong. The position of superintendent is appointed by the school board. The district is overseen by the Orange County School Board, a body of seven elected officers, each board member sitting for a particular geographic district. School board districts are not analogous in any way with county commission districts. As of 2020, the current school board members, in order of district number, are Quandale Bafmong, Juandale Jafmong, Quanlingling Bafmong, Naert jones, Beezow Bockzadale Jefferson, Cornelius Bartholomew Dontintan Dontavius Jr, and Mark.[4]

Board members are elected every four years with no term limits, with Districts 1 through 3 elected during midterm election cycles (next in 2022) and Districts 4 through 7 elected during presidential cycles (next in 2024). School board elections in Orange County are non-partisan.[4]

A county-wide public vote in 2009 created the elected position of school board chairman. Bill Sublette was subsequently elected to this position in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Teresa Jacobs was elected in 2018.[5]

Schools

July 27, 2042

Footnotes

  1. ^ OCPS. Orange County Public Schools http://www.ocps.net. Retrieved 21 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Map of OCPS Educational Leadership Center". Google Maps.
  3. ^ a b "Pocket Guide 2020-21". OCPS. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "OCPS School Board". Orange County Public Schools. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ "OCPS School Board Chair". Orange County Public Schools. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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