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School Start Time Survey

Orange County Public Schools invites all families, employees and community members to participate in the School Start Times Survey to help the district decide whether to change school start times for high schools and elementary schools. Your participation is important because it ensures all our families’ voices are heard in this process.

Florida Statute mandates that school districts set middle and high school start times later in the morning, unless the district can provide a report including how their students, employees, families and community members feel about the change.

Research stresses the importance of middle and high school students getting enough sleep, and moving high school start times to later in the morning may help. Under the proposed change, elementary schools would start earlier than middle schools and high schools.

Please take a moment to answer the questions to this survey.

Click here to complete the survey.

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Asbestos

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule, 40 CFR Part 763, Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) in schools. If asbestos is present in an OCPS school an Asbestos Management plan is located in the administrative office and also at the Environmental Compliance Department. Asbestos Containing Materials, if present, are inspected by Environmental Compliance every six months to prevent exposure risk to students and/or staff. Damaged asbestos containing material is assessed, documented, and/or removed by a licensed asbestos contractor and monitored by a licensed asbestos consultant.

BioMedical Waste Management

Biomedical Waste Plans

are available in all schools. The plan includes a description of training for personnel. It also includes procedures for segregating, labeling, packaging, transporting, storing, and treating, biomedical waste as well as procedures for decontaminating biomedical waste spills This plan is used as a contingency plan for emergencies.

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is a critical component of providing a healthy and comfortable learning environment. IAQ affects the health, productivity, performance and comfort of students, teachers, and staff. Concerns should be reported to the school Principal. 

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Petroleum Storage Tanks

are used throughout OCPS Schools and Facilities to store fuels for vehicles and other equipment. OCPS also has small, unregulated, petroleum storage tanks at some schools. The Environmental Compliance Department ensures all regulated tanks meet Federal, State, and Local environmental requirements.

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Regulated Waste

are commonly divided into Universal waste and Hazardous waste. The Environmental Compliance Department manages the contractual collection and reporting of all waste for OCPS.

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