OCPS appoints assistant principals and launches strategic plan; superintendent reports smooth first day and new communication tools
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The board and superintendent announced four administrator appointments, reported high‑level opening‑of‑school results and rolled out new district communication tools including ParentSquare and a 'Let's Talk' AI chat feature; the district also launched its strategic plan and highlighted increased AP participation.
The Orange County School Board on Aug. 12 introduced four newly appointed administrators and heard a superintendent report on the first day of the 2025–26 school year, new communications tools, and the district's strategic plan.
Superintendent Dr. Vasquez said the district had a strong opening and thanked teachers and staff for preparing schools. She told the board the district had launched ParentSquare to centralize school, classroom and district communications and a new website AI feature called "Let's Talk" to help stakeholders find information quickly and route unanswered questions to staff.
The board heard four appointment announcements: Reyna Daigle (assistant principal, Avalon Middle School); Christina Duggins (assistant principal, Domrick Elementary School); Ashley Sessions (assistant principal, Meadowbrook Middle School); and Trevor Thomas (assistant director, Orange Technical College South Campus). Each appointee spoke briefly and thanked the board and district staff for the appointment.
Dr. Vasquez also introduced the district's new strategic plan, which ties to the portrait of a graduate and emphasizes safety, people‑first practices, integrity, collaboration and excellence. She highlighted metrics shared in the board packet showing increased Advanced Placement participation and awards: AP Scholars rose from 4,841 last year to more than 5,600 this year; diploma and certificate counts increased from 249 to 441 in the provided snapshot.
On enrollment outreach, the superintendent described a recruitment partnership with an external vendor (named in the briefing as "Casa K‑twelve") that will recruit former OCPS students; the district pays the vendor $900 for each student who registers and remains enrolled for 30 days, while the district expects to receive roughly $8,000 in FTE revenue per student if fully funded. Dr. Vasquez said district staff will report enrollment and recruitment results after the 10‑day and 30‑day marks.
No board votes were required to introduce the appointments during the recognition portion of the meeting; the announcements were ceremonial admissions of new administrators to their roles.