Some elementary middle and high schools include magnet programs that allow students to specialize in particular subject areas. Six of the high schools in OCPS have separate ninth-grade centers, three of them off-site of the main campus, built after the shift from K–6/7–9/10–12 to K–5/6–8/9–12. The district also has an adult education system with six dedicated campuses and night classes at most high schools, four dedicated special education schools as well as a hospital/homebound program, and dozens of alternative education centers, including charter schools. OCPS has 205 regular-attendance schools as of the 2021-22 school year: 128 elementary, nine K–8, 39 middle, 22 high, and seven exceptional student education centers. As now required by Florida law, virtually all elementary schools have pre-kindergarten programs. Before then, grade 6 was part of elementary school and grade 9 was part of middle school ("junior high" in OCPS prior to July 1987). OCPS has used an attendance model of kindergarten through grade 5 for elementary schools, grades 6–8 for middle school and grades 9–12 for high school since July 1987. Teresa Jacobs was elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. Bill Sublette was subsequently elected to this position in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Ī county-wide public vote in 2009 created the elected position of school board chairman. School board elections in Orange County are non-partisan. īoard members are elected every four years with 12-year term limits as of July 1st, 2022, with Districts 1 through 3 elected during midterm election cycles (next in 2026) and Districts 4 through 7 elected during presidential cycles (next in 2024). As of 2022, the current school board members, in order of district number, are Angie Gallo, Maria Salamanca, Alicia Farrant, Pam Gould, Vicki-Elaine Felder, Karen Castor Dentel, and Melissa Byrd.
School board districts are not analogous in any way with county commission districts. The district is overseen by the Orange County School Board, a body of seven elected officers, each board member sitting for a particular geographic district. The position of superintendent is appointed by the school board.
The superintendent of Orange County Public Schools is Maria Vazquez.
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