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Osceola superintendent joins effort to help students get back on track post-pandemic Part of the plan is to invest in laptops for students Updated:  Tags:  OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – An Osceola County superintendent is a part of a national conversation. Superintendent Dr. Debra Pace was selected to be on the School Superintendent Association’s American Rescue Plan Committee. She said her district plans to put federal funds to good use and to help kids catch up from the loss of learning during the pandemic. [TRENDING: Ad “The investment that the American Recovery Plan demonstrates to high...

Osceola County School District discusses vaccinating students, face mask mandate Cierra Putman © wftv.com During a school board meeting Tuesday night, the Osceola County School District discussed vaccinating students when they become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and how the county changing its face mask mandate in the classroom. Central Florida leaders are already making plans to get children access to COVID-19 vaccines. The Osceola County School District said it plans on creating vaccination pods for students. Cases peaked at 83 the week of April 12. Pace said she talk...

New order allows Florida high school seniors, 3rd graders to graduate without passing state exams Grade promotion, graduation will be decided on case-by-case basis Updated:  Tags:  ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida high school seniors will be able to graduate this year and 3rd graders can move on without passing the normally required state assessments, according to a new executive order signed Friday by Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran. Students everywhere have been adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic over the last year when schools closed and later reopened with virtual or in-per...

By October, all the state’s public schools were open, and now more than 65% of its students are on campus, with the rest studying online.

The state's key testing season, which begins in early April, will be extended this year. Officials hope that means taking the exams in person -- as state law requires -- will be safer.