2 months ago Share Horizon High School, Lake Buena Vista High School and Water Spring Middle School all will open their doors this fall and relieve the community’s most-crowded public schools.
Eleven years ago, Orange County Public Schools achieved a feat when it opened East River High, Lake Nona High and Lake Nona Middle schools simultaneously.
This fall, the district is set to repeat history with three new schools in Horizon West and Southwest Orange.
Horizon High, Lake Buena Vista High and Water Spring Middle schools all will open their doors to students in August. However, for the next two years, Water Spring Middle students will be in their own wing at Horizon High while their campus is constructed.
It wasn’t until several weeks ago that Christopher Lamar discovered he was failing most of his classes.
Lamar, an 18-year-old senior at Lake Nona High School in Orlando, Florida, had always enjoyed being a student. He ran for homecoming; he started a spirit club. Things changed once classes went online this year. Lamar had to watch and cook for his siblings, to clean and manage the household. School fell to the bottom of his priority list.
When Lamar’s guidance counselor informed him his mid-semester progress report was riddled with F’s, it hit him: Not only was he flunking science, a subject in which he once excelled, he was also facing the prospect of being denied a diploma in the spring.
Scores of students are getting F s: What s the point of failing them during COVID-19? Alia Wong, USA TODAY
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It wasn’t until several weeks ago that Christopher Lamar discovered he was failing most of his classes.
Lamar, an 18-year-old senior at Lake Nona High School in Orlando, Florida, had always enjoyed being a student. He ran for homecoming; he started a spirit club. Things changed once classes went online this year. Lamar had to watch and cook for his siblings, to clean and manage the household. School fell to the bottom of his priority list.
When Lamar’s guidance counselor informed him his mid-semester progress report was riddled with F’s, it hit him: Not only was he flunking science, a subject in which he once excelled, he was also facing the prospect of being denied a diploma in the spring.
Scores of students are getting F s: What s the point of failing them during COVID-19? Alia Wong, USA TODAY
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It wasn’t until several weeks ago that Christopher Lamar discovered he was failing most of his classes.
Lamar, an 18-year-old senior at Lake Nona High School in Orlando, Florida, had always enjoyed being a student. He ran for homecoming; he started a spirit club. Things changed once classes went online this year. Lamar had to watch and cook for his siblings, to clean and manage the household. School fell to the bottom of his priority list.
When Lamar’s guidance counselor informed him his mid-semester progress report was riddled with F’s, it hit him: Not only was he flunking science, a subject in which he once excelled, he was also facing the prospect of being denied a diploma in the spring.