Orange County Public Schools
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| Purpose | Providing a public education to citizens of Orange County. |
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Orange County, FL, USA |
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Barbara M. Jenkins |
| Affiliations | Public School System |
Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) is the public school district for Orange County, Florida. It is based out of the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center in Downtown Orlando. As of the 2016-17 school year, OCPS has an enrollment of 203,340 students, making it the 10th largest school district in the United States and the fourth largest in Florida. The school district also employs over 23,900 instructional and classified employees, which make up more than 95% of the OCPS work force.
The superintendent of Orange County Public Schools is Dr. Barbara Jenkins. The position of superintendent is appointed by the school board. The district is overseen by the Orange County School Board, a body of seven elected officers, each board member sitting for a particular geographic district. School Board districts are not analogous in any way with County Commission districts. As of 2016, the current School Board members, in order of district number, are Joie Cadle, Daryl Flynn, Linda Kobert, Pam Gould, Kathleen "Kat" Gordon, Nancy Robbinson and Christine Moore.
Board members are elected every four years with no term limits, with Districts 1 through 3 elected during midterm election cycles (next in 2018) and Districts 4 through 7 elected during presidential cycles (next in 2020). School Board elections in Orange County are non-partisan.
A county wide public vote in 2009 created the elected position of School Board Chairman. Bill Sublette was subsequently elected to this position in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014.
OCPS has used an attendance model of Kindergarten through Grade 5 for elementary schools, Grades 6–8 for middle school and Grades 9–12 for high school since July 1987. Before then, Grade 6 was part of elementary school and Grade 9 was part of middle school (called Junior High in OCPS prior to July 1987). As now required by Florida law, virtually all elementary schools have Pre-Kindergarten programs.
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