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Orange County Public Schools to cut 200 district-level administrators
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (545+ words) Orange County Public Schools will cut more than 200 district-level administrators as it grapples with the impacts of declining enrollment, an OCPS deputy superintendent said in a sobering email recently sent to staff. The district lost thousands of students this school…...
Apopka bought Camp Wewa to save it. Can the city afford to run it?
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (900+ words) In August 2021 the leaders of Apopka voted to buy the much-loved 100-year-old Camp Wewa to save it from being razed by a developer for another residential subdivision. But since paying $4. 72 million to YMCA of Central Florida for the 70-acre idyllic…...
Officials find the body of a woman who got off a cruise ship in Alaska to hike and didn't return
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (289+ words) JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) " Authorities say they have found the body of a woman visiting Alaska's capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking. The Alaska Department of Public Safety said…...
Sleeper buses for the homeless? Apopka approves mobile shelter program
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (795+ words) A nonprofit group is offering shelters on wheels as a first step in addressing homelessness, and Apopka, Orange County's second-largest city, wants in. The Apopka City Council approved an agreement Wednesday night that would allow Matthew's Hope to park a…...