School board chair urges county to slow ‘Vision 02/1950’ overhaul over school capacity concerns

Chair Teresa Jacobs urged the Orange County School Board on Monday to oppose a county rewrite of its comprehensive plan and land-use code—referred to in her remarks as “Vision 02/1950”—unless it includes stronger, enforceable protections for school capacity and cross-jurisdictional review.

Jacobs told board members the county’s draft would allow very high-density development—up to 150 units per acre in targeted sectors—and said the district currently lacks a reliable process to ensure new entitlements do not outstrip school capacity. “There was no process for saying to Orange County Public Schools, ‘you’re gonna have enough in this area,’” Jacobs said, arguing the change could return the county to an era of uncoordinated approvals that produced overcrowded schools and large…