The Orange County School Board on Tuesday quietly approved a hefty pay and benefits package for newly appointed Superintendent Barbara Jenkins. Here is the news release from the school district on the decision. It gave we here in the media a chuckle fo... »
Valencia College administrators plan to vacate their headquarters in downtown Orlando and move into a larger building near the Valencia campus off Kirkman Road within the next year. The college outgrew the four-story, historic building at the corner of... »
Ian Cromer got his start in TV production and stage design while still a student at Eustis High School designing everything from a 7-foot, man-eating plant to a cowardly lion. Cromer, 22, will be one of three finalists competing Wednesday on the SyFy c... »
An enthusiastic Orange County School Board recognized the more than 100 principals who lead the district’s A-rated schools in a ceremony Tuesday night. The principals represent more than half of the schools in the 181,000-student district, the 10th-lar... »
Liberty Middle School’s “Roasted Fish Crispy Slaw Wrap” recipe, one of Orange County’s nine new school cafeteria items developed with professional chefs one year ago, has been named a runner-up in a national contest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’... »
Remember the South Bronx graffiti artist who helped some Little Leaguers paint a mural of Roberto Clemente in Azalea Park over Labor Day? Well, he’s coming back to paint a mural at the Orange County Regional History Center. The mural painting is tied i... »
They are some of the best teachers in Orange County: A middle school English teacher, a chorus teacher, a fifth-grade teacher, a kindergarten teacher and a middle school math and science teacher. From among 188 school-level nominees, Orange County Publ... »
A story earlier this week about efforts to diversify the staff of Orange County Public Schools led to a lot of confusion when people tried to add the employees identified by race to those identified by ethnicity (Hispanic vs non-Hispanic). Because peop... »
In the past week, Orange County Public Schools has gotten a check for thousands of dollars from the Central Florida Educators Credit Union as part of a debit card program that has begun to show significant results. Though the the district and credit un... »
Cafeteria food isn’t all chicken nuggets and rewarmed taco meat anymore. Orange County Public Schools, which has been recognized as a national leader in getting healthy, creative fare on to school lunch lines, is holding a food tasting event tomorrow a... »
Barbara Jenkins, the deputy superintendent for Orange County Public Schools since 2010, has applied to be the superintendent in Palm Beach County. The 174,000-student district attracted 22 applications from around Florida and beyond. Jenkins, an Atlant... »
Sheena Bartley was a supervisor in the procurement department for Orange County Public Schools until last month, a job that required her to analyze and negotiate contracts, establish controls, manage risk and supervise employees. In other words, an imp... »
Uncertainty about Congress extending the payroll tax cut late last year meant that Orange County Public Schools employees got smaller checks this week. When checks were processed before Winter Break, it was unclear if the cut from a 6.2 to a 4.2 percen... »
Robinswood Middle School is getting a new playing field thanks to a group of top high school football players. The group, including star safety Hasean Clinton-Dix of Dr. Phillips High School, are all participants in the 2012 Under Armour All-America Hi... »
Last year, Alan Ellis’ class at Lake Como Elementary won second place in a statewide school garden competition. The special education class had raised more than 100 pounds of vegetables, most of which were donated to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central... »
