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Orange County Public Schools updates council on enrollment decline and local Maitland fund
Summary
Scott Howard, a representative of Orange County Public Schools, briefed the City of Maitland council on enrollment declines, funding pressures and a local Maitland Fund that has distributed about $85,000 to three Maitland schools since its 2017 creation.
Scott Howard, a representative of Orange County Public Schools, briefed the City of Maitland council on the district nd its strategic priorities, enrollment trends and a small, locally focused endowment known as the Maitland Fund.
Howard said voters renewed a half‑cent sales tax that funds renovation and reconstruction of older schools for the next 10 years and noted that the district is the eighth largest in the country and fourth in Florida. He described the board dopted strategic plan and "Portrait of a Graduate," which emphasizes academic foundations, essential skills and workplace readiness and underpins five‑year KPIs the district will track.
Howard reported a multi‑year decline in enrollment since…
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