School Board meeting highlights, Aug. 1, 2023
The School Board of Orange County held its regularly-scheduled board meeting at the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center. These are the highlights of the meeting:
Tentative Millage adopted to support 2023-24 budget
After a public hearing, the school board adopted the millage required to support the tentative budget for school year 2023-24. The tentative millage rate adopted is as follows:
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Millage Type
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2022-23
Rates
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2023-24
Rates
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Required Local Effort
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3.214
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3.173
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Basic Discretionary
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.748
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.748
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Additional Voted
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1.000
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1.000
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Capital Improvement
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1.500
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1.500
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Total
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6.462
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6.421
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School Board moves forward with the tentative budget for 2023-24 school year
The tentative budget approved by the school board is as follows:
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1.
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Approve the 2023-24 Tentative Budget for the General Fund
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$2,707,394,287
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2.
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Approve the 2023-24 Tentative Budget for the Special Revenue Fund
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$291,327,666
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3.
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Approve the 2023-24 Tentative Budget for the Debt Service Fund
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$237,058,471
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4.
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Approve the 2023-24 Tentative Budget for the Capital Projects Fund
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$2,405,000,820
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5.
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Approve the 2023-24 Tentative Budget for the Internal Service Fund
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$368,529,039
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6.
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Approve the date for the final public hearing for the FY23-24 budget for 5:01 PM on September 12, 2023 at the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center, 445 West Amelia Street, Orlando, Florida.
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Proposed Tentative Budget Detail 2023-2024
Proposed Tentative Budget Summary 2023-2024
2023-24 Code of Student Conduct approved by the School Board
The School Board of Orange County approved the Code of Student Conduct for the 2023-24 school year with modifications that will be available at this link JIC-Code of Student Conduct 2023-2024 and provided online at ocps.net.
Changes regarding administrative personnel
Superintendent Maria Vazquez introduced the following new administrators. (See photo above)
Janet Bittick, principal, Windermere Elementary
Ranita Ferrell Brown, assistant principal, Ventura Elementary
Joseph Cormier, assistant principal, Kelly Park K-8 School
Sean Downing, principal, Prairie Lake Elementary
Rachel Fox, assistant principal, Meadow Woods Elementary
Michael Glenn, assistant principal, Andover Elementary
Angela Houle, assistant principal, Shenandoah Elementary
Teresa Huerta-Kirkland, assistant principal, Lake Nona Middle
Jai'Ehir Jackson-Hawkins, assistant principal, Cheney Elementary
Allison Kimball, assistant principal, Sunshine Elementary
Jacqueline Lemieux, assistant principal, Windy Ridge K-8 School
Steve Louis-Jean, assistant principal, Edgewater High
Ralph Lundi, assistant principal, Tangelo Park Elementary
Douglas Miller, assistant principal, Wekiva High
Karen Nelthropp, assistant principal, Olympia High
Rachel Pepper, assistant principal, Lake Silver Elementary
Kimberly Robinson, assistant principal, Sunshine Elementary
Ramsey Robinson, assistant principal, Meadowbrook Middle
Stacy Tait, assistant principal, Riverdale Elementary
Carla Ganarah Thomas, assistant principal, Legacy Middle
Tracy Webley, principal, Keene’s Crossing Elementary
Amy Wright, assistant principal, Lake Nona Middle
Etleva Zeqo, assistant principal, Bonneville Elementary
Board recognition
OCPS Academic Center for Excellence’s Principal Seth Daub and School Choice Services’ Senior Director Kia Sweeney Scott were recognized as the recipients of the 2023 PineApple Report Excellence in Education Awards. Principal Daub received the Excellence in Education Academic Achievement Award and Dr. Sweeney Scott received the Excellence in Education Innovation Award earlier this year at the Florida School Boards Association and Florida Association of District School Superintendents annual summer conference in Tampa.
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