CLOSING SMALL SCHOOLS
Background
At the present we have a proposal for closing eight small schools at a possible savings of $8 million. This would take a long drawn out process of rulemaking to accomplish. There are some who would claim this violates are agreement with the public when we lobbied for the half penny sales tax. We have had a tons of mail asking us not to close these community schools. These buildings are all worth from 10 to 20 million dollars according to Mr. Proi. In this market we do not have a remote chance of just selling ... more »
|
|
|||
|
CORE Links
This Month
Month Archive
Login
|
Friday, March 27
Small School Proposal Given to the Board by Vicky Bell
by
Mary Jo
on Fri 27 Mar 2009 09:43 PM EDT
March 26 Community Presentation
by
Mary Jo
on Fri 27 Mar 2009 04:44 PM EDT
Please review the rezoning maps (attachment) and the presentation from OCPS pupil assignment on March 26, 2009 more »
 1 Attachments
Letter from member in the Community
by
Mary Jo
on Fri 27 Mar 2009 07:49 AM EDT
Dear CORE,
I am very disappointed by recent decision by the Orange County School Board to close and merge Orlando’s smaller urban elementary schools. Closing these schools is very short sighted and is not in the best interest for the future of Orlando’s downtown neighborhoods. Closing urban schools may be economically, socially and environmentally unsound in the long term. Downtown is where people will want to live once economic recovery begins and downtown neighborhoods should be a focus of future economic development. If the older small downtown elementary schools close, many affluent parents will turn to private schools. Closing downtown ... more »
Public Notice
by
Mary Jo
on Fri 27 Mar 2009 07:45 AM EDT
From: DeCandis, Andrew [mailto:andrew.decandis@ocps.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:02 AM To: City/County Managers and Orange County Interlocal Planners Group Cc: Frank Kruppenbacher; Moes, Brian F.; Collins, Richard L.; Blocker, Ronald D.; Simpson, Sandra R. Subject: Consideration of School Closures Please be advised that because of the statewide school funding crisis, Orange County Public Schools is considering closing several small elementary schools in Orange County. This notice is being provided in accordance with Section 5.4 of the Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning and Implementation of Concurrency. The schools being considered for closure are located within the City of ... more » |
||