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• The federal food stamp program that provides a lifeline to needy people throughout the state will continue running through February.
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• Orange County Public Schools are serving lunches to high poverty area students during a five day closure period after Hurricane Irma.
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• On Monday, students will start school at the new Academic Center for Excellence or ACE school in Parramore. The 17- acre campus will offer pre-K through 8th grade.
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• National security dominates the national political conversation, while in Central Florida, theme parks step up their security procedures- and OCPS tells parents it got a threat similar to the ones which other big school districts around the country have received. It’s the Friday news round table with Jason Garcia from Florida Trend Magazine, Erin Sullivan with the Orlando Weekly, and Darryl Owens with the Orlando Sentinel.
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• An Orlando elementary school event promoting STEM education is being criticized for excluding girls.
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• https://wmfeimages.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Sublette_religious_materials.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSThe Orange County Public School Board has voted to ban outside groups from distributing bibles or other religious materials in county schools. The move follows a controversial request last year from a group called the Satanic Temple that wanted to hand out activity books.
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• Lockheed Martin is giving Orange County Public Schools $2 million to foster the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math or STEM. The aerospace and military technology company hopes to develop a pool of skilled workers, to meet a growing need for engineers.
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• Orange County Public Schools says it’s looking forward to resolving a dispute with the county so it can build a new relief high school west of Orlando.
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