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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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The OCPS Social Services team is committed to promoting the educational success and mental health development of Orange County Public School’s students through collaboration with families and school personnel. We are dedicated to advocating on behalf of all children and youth by implementing effective programs that improve outcomes for all students.

School social workers are professionals who meet the state requirements to practice social work in the school setting. They help students address barriers to learning through an ecological perspective that the student is viewed within the context of the classroom, the family, the community and culture. School social workers are prepared to understand and assess the functioning of an individual student in the context of multiple environments. They provide services to all students related to the student’s social and emotional adjustment to school, family, community and society. School social workers are the link between the home, school and community. They provide direct and indirect services to students, families and school personnel to promote and support students’ academic and social success. School social workers are prepared to provide a breadth of services as members of multidisciplinary school teams. These services include, but are not limited to:

  • Assessment and screening
  • Counseling and support groups
  • Crisis intervention
  • Collaboration between home and school
  • Advocacy
  • Services to families
  • Services to school staff
  • Coordination of community agency services
  • Classroom observations of students and teacher support


Lisa Coffey
Director
Lisa.Coffey@ocps.net
Phone 407.317.3200 Ext. 2022639

Juliane Cross
Senior Administrator
N.Cross@ocps.net
Phone 407.317.3200 Ext. 2002682

Tammy Speed-Hefner
Senior Administrator
Tammy.Speed-Hefner@ocps.net
Phone 407.317.3908 Ext. 6282744

LaCara Crocker
Program Specialist
LaCara Crocker
Phone 407.317.3200 Ext. 2007103

Jonita Leonard
Administrative Secretary
Phone 407.317.3274

 

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  • School social workers are professionals who meet the state requirements to practice social work in the school setting. They help students address barriers to learning through an ecological perspective that the student is viewed within the context of the classroom, the family, the community and culture. School social workers are prepared to understand and assess the functioning of an individual student in the context of multiple environments. They provide services to all students related to the student’s social and emotional adjustment to school, family, community and society. School social workers are the link between the home, school and community. They provide direct and indirect services to students, families and school personnel to promote and support students’ academic and social success. School social workers are prepared to provide a breadth of services as members of multidisciplinary school teams. These services include, but are not limited to:

    • Assessment and screening
    • Counseling and support groups
    • Crisis intervention
    • Collaboration between home and school
    • Advocacy
    • Services to families
    • Services to school staff
    • Coordination of community agency services
    • Classroom observations of students and teacher support


  • Lisa Coffey
    Director
    Lisa.Coffey@ocps.net
    Phone 407.317.3200 Ext. 2022639

    Juliane Cross
    Senior Administrator
    N.Cross@ocps.net
    Phone 407.317.3200 Ext. 2002682

    Tammy Speed-Hefner
    Senior Administrator
    Tammy.Speed-Hefner@ocps.net
    Phone 407.317.3908 Ext. 6282744

    LaCara Crocker
    Program Specialist
    LaCara Crocker
    Phone 407.317.3200 Ext. 2007103

    Jonita Leonard
    Administrative Secretary
    Phone 407.317.3274

     

  • View this profile on Instagram

    @ocps_socialsvcs • Instagram photos and videos

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