Pictures: 2025 OCPS State of the Schools address
Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs and OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez deliver the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives, including efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism in OCPS' 213 schools. OCPS is the eighth-largest school district in the U.S, serving more than 200,000 students. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez and Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs listen as they are introduced to deliver the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, left, and OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez go to embrace after together delivering the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives, including efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism in OCPS' 213 schools. OCPS is the eighth-largest school district in the U.S, serving more than 200,000 students. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, with OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez, right, welcomes OCPS police officer Brian Howart and his firearms detection dog Coco for an impromptu appearance onstage during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez delivers remarks during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs delivers remarks during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, with and OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez, listen as they are introduced to deliver the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez applauds the district reading scores during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, with OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez, right, introduces OCPS police officer Brian Howart and his firearms detection dog Coco for an impromptu appearance onstage during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez delivers remarks during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs and OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez applaud teachers during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Show Caption1 of 11Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, left, gets a hug from OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez after they delivered the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives, including efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism in OCPS' 213 schools. OCPS is the eighth-largest school district in the U.S, serving more than 200,000 students. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)Expand
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Pictures: 2025 OCPS State of the Schools address
Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs and OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez deliver the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives, including efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism in OCPS' 213 schools. OCPS is the eighth-largest school district in the U.S, serving more than 200,000 students. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez and Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs listen as they are introduced to deliver the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, left, and OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez go to embrace after together delivering the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives, including efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism in OCPS' 213 schools. OCPS is the eighth-largest school district in the U.S, serving more than 200,000 students. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, with OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez, right, welcomes OCPS police officer Brian Howart and his firearms detection dog Coco for an impromptu appearance onstage during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez delivers remarks during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs delivers remarks during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, with and OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez, listen as they are introduced to deliver the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez applauds the district reading scores during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, with OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez, right, introduces OCPS police officer Brian Howart and his firearms detection dog Coco for an impromptu appearance onstage during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez delivers remarks during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs and OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez applaud teachers during the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives and efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism during the annual address. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Show Caption1 of 11Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, left, gets a hug from OCPS Superintendent Maria Vazquez after they delivered the 2025 State of the Schools address at Innovation High School in Orlando, Monday, June 9, 2025. Jacobs and Vazquez updated community leaders, educators and elected officials on the success of district-wide initiatives, including efforts to combat declining enrollment and absenteeism in OCPS' 213 schools. OCPS is the eighth-largest school district in the U.S, serving more than 200,000 students. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)Expand
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