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Orange County School Committee Approves Revised Dress Code Aimed at Banning Confederate Flag

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 20, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

A revised dress code policy is set to go back before the Orange County Schools Board of Education. The board’s policy committee unanimously passed a revised dress code policy on Wednesday. The procedural move was necessary to...

Orange County Commissioners to Adopt Recommended Budget for New Fiscal Year

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Jun 20, 2017 | Local Government

The Orange County Board of Commissioners will convene this evening to vote on spending nearly $220 million over the course of the next fiscal year. That figure represents the estimated expenditures in a proposed budget...

Orange County School Board Tentatively Approves New Dress Code Policy After Confederate Flag Debate

Posted by Staff | Jun 13, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

****UPDATE: At the second meeting, the policy was sent back to committee by a 4-3 vote.**** The Orange County Board of Education took a step toward banning students from wearing the Confederate flag on school grounds at its...

Orange County School Board Set to Vote on Draft Policy Aimed at Confederate Flag on School Grounds

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 12, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

The Orange County School board is scheduled to vote on a revision to the system’s dress code policy on Monday night aimed at curbing controversial clothing and symbols on school grounds. The Hate Free Schools Coalition has been...

AL Stanback Middle School to Close Early Amid HVAC Repair

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 17, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

AL Stanback Middle School in Orange County will be closing at noon on Wednesday while repairs are made to the school’s air-conditioning system. School officials said in a message to parents there were concerns with the...

Orange County Commissioners Review Recommended Budget for New Fiscal Year

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | May 4, 2017 | Local Government

The current fiscal year will not conclude until October, but officials in Orange County are already preparing to approve a new budget with provisions for school districts and government employees. That budget was presented to...

“Hidden In Plain Sight”: Exhibit Helps Parents Talk To Kids About Drugs

Posted by Aaron Keck | Dec 6, 2016 | Safety

How to talk to your kids about drugs? How to recognize the signs of drug use? A new exhibit at University Place can help.

Orange County Schools Unhappy With Budget Proposal

Posted by Staff | May 26, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Addressing the Orange County Board of Commissioners for the first time since the 2016-2017 fiscal budget was proposed, chair of the Orange County Schools Board of Education Donna Coffee expressed her displeasure with the current...

Orange County Schools See New Leadership

Posted by Staff | May 25, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Orange County Schools is shuffling around two of the district leaders for next year. Eric Yarbrough is the current principal of Gravelly Hill Middle School. But come next year, he will serve as the new principal of Orange High...

Community Members Ask Orange County To Increase School Funding

Posted by Staff | May 12, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

School funding quickly became the focus of the public hearing held by the Orange County Board of Commissioners Thursday night. Teachers, students and parents from Orange County Schools showed up in Hillsborough to ask the board...

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