Volusia County School Board members are considering changing a decision they already made about the controversial consolidation of Osceola and Ortona elementary schools.
At a workshop earlier this month, they discussed reversing their plan to build a school in Daytona Beach in favor of building it in Ormond Beach. But by this week, Daytona Beach officials who heard of the talks showed up to encourage School Board members not to go down that path.
And with the construction date approaching, school district officials are running out of time to make changes.
Changing minds
The board has been spent about a year debating how best to consolidate the two small schools in Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach: Build a new elementary school or pivot to a K-8 school? Use the Osceola site or the Ortona site?