Orange County Public Schools

But first, these headlines.

More than half of Orange County Public Schools' 8,000 pupil enrollment drop comes from immigrant students.

As Central Florida Public Media's Kayla Kissel reports, the district says it's lost more than 5,000 immigrant students this year amid changes to Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.

That's a program that lets eligible immigrants from violence-torn countries live and work in the U.S. temporarily.

institutions for, right? Yes, you got PPECs, you have UCP, you have ESC programs.

So even OCPS offers ESC units.

He's not in one.

I have him in a gen ed classroom.

There's some concerning news out of Central Florida, where immigrant students are making up a significant portion of a decline in overall enrollment.

In fact, immigrant students account for about two-thirds of the drop in students within the Orange County Public Schools system.

This isn't just a statistic.

It points to potential challenges that families are facing, whether it's related to economic pressures, changes in immigration policies, or other factors that might be impacting school attendance.

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Uh, Jimmy, according to, uh, the internet, um, in Orange County, uh, Orange County public schools, bus drivers range any, uh, their pay range is anywhere from $18.23 to $21.88 per hour.

Yeah, so probably average about 18 and a half, $19 an hour.

Yeah.

So I do want to touch on one more thing, right? You all see a lot of changes happening in the area.

Thomas mentioned we have early learning center partnership with 18 centers, right? But there's also this huge OCPS community school.

I don't even know how to put the words together for Orange Center.

Now, STEAM Academy was once which once was Orange Center Elementary.

Send your email to johnbusdecker at gmail.com. Uh...

Orange County Public Schools laying off more teachers.

I saw that.

I'm thinking 100 is what the number is, what people are saying right now.

You know, the plagues in the world, focusing on the theme of religion through the environmentally focused religious movement of God's gardeners, which were mentioned in the first book.

This book was banned by Orange County Public Schools in Florida at the start of the 2023-2024 school year.

And Orange County cited the...

Oh, God.