ORANGE

Every 10 years, voting districts are re-drawn based on the most recent census data. By law, school board redistricting can happen only in an odd-numbered year and the process is triggered by a population disparity of 10 percent or greater across district boundaries. Orange County Public Schools has convened a Reapportionment Advisory Committee made up of community members. This citizen-led group is charged with reviewing the decennial census data and then proposing and analyzing maps reflecting various possibilities for adjustments to the school board district boundaries that are compliant with the redistricting criteria.  The 2021 RAC will then recommend maps reflecting proposed school board district boundary adjustments to the School Board for their consideration and eventual adoption. This process will NOT affect school attendance zones.

The committee has completed their work. The school board voted to approve a new map that changes the school board member districts. 

Visit Power Up Online for resources to complement distance learning. Power Up for Student Success Online is a curated list of FREE resources to help support the academic life of children in PreK through 12th grade and beyond. These resources focuses on academic and support programs, effective strategies families can use to help every child succeed, and ways to advocate for the resources necessary for our public schools.

The Alliance is working with community partners and stakeholders to create a coalition that supports what’s best for the children of Orange County. Central Florida boasts a large number of organizations passionate about supporting students and educators and improving policies that impact them. We are working to reduce the number of juvenile arrests, especially of children of color, happening on OCPS campuses and advocating with school board members and community leaders to improve campus safety for ALL children.

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