Every November just before Thanksgiving, in celebration of American Education Week, the Orange County Public School Foundation brings business and civic leaders into the classrooms in a fun and … more

The Orange County School District mask policy is set to expire October 30th By Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix In a long political battle over mask mandates in public schools, 11 school … more

Orange County Public Schools reports it submitted a plan outlining how it would use $112.9 million in ARPA aid By John Haughey, The Center Square More than three months after missing the … more

From Staff Reports Orange County Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Jenkins released a statement explaining the criteria that led her and the school board to mandate the use of face … more

From Staff Reports On Tuesday, the Orange County Public School Board gave direction to mandate masks for all PreK-12 students and adults. The mandate takes effect from Monday, August 30th until … more

Positive cases and quarantines in Orange County and Apopka public schools continues to increase By Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix and Staff Reports As the second school year of COVID-19 … more

From Staff Reports After a marathon meeting that lasted just under four hours, the Orange County Public School (OCPS) Board will mandate masks in its schools for 60 days. The new policy will go … more

Doctor describes ‘crisis like we have never seen before’ in local hospital By Laura Cassells and Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix and Staff Reports As three Florida schools and scores of … more

Back to School 2021 From Staff Reports and OCPS Orange County Public School Superintendent Dr. Barbara M. Jenkins has made the use of face masks for students and employees mandatory heading … more

Back to School 2021 By Matthew Hughes, Interning Correspondent with The Apopka Voice Melissa Byrd has a passion for education. After graduating from The University of Central Florida in 1997 … more