Orange County Public Schools pausing new construction amid enrollment drop

Orange County Public Schools pausing new construction amid enrollment drop

Orange County Public Schools is halting plans for new school construction as the district braces for a projected decline of more than 3,000 students next academic year — a shift officials say could leave classrooms empty.

Orange pauses school construction, Manatee fires superintendent and St. Johns hires one, and more - NextSteps: Step Up For Students

Around the state: Declining enrollment prompts the Orange County School District to announce a four-year pause in new school construction, Manatee’s school board fires its superintendent and St. Johns’ board hires one, another 600-plus books the state has called “pornographic” are removed from Hillsborough school libraries, plans for a 1,300-student charter high school in Pasco are dead, and an ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis is named the interim pres…