BREAKING: OCPS closes West Orange High School

The district and the Florida Department of Health in Orange County will shift the entire school to LaunchED@Home starting Monday, Sept. 21.

By Michael Eng
| 6:01 p.m. September 18, 2020

West Orange Times & Observer
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West Orange High School is the second West Orange-area school to close because of COVID-19.

Orange County Public Schools and the Florida Department of Health in Orange County announced to parents and staff of West Orange High School that they will shift the entire school to LaunchED@Home starting Monday, Sept. 21, through Friday, Oct. 2. All 922 face-to-face students and staff members will return to campus Monday, Oct. 5.

There will also be no extracurricular or co-curricular activities.

Ten positive COVID-19 cases have been confirmed by FDOH, with at least two cases pending. Currently, there are 159 students and staff members who have been identified as having direct contact with at least 10 individuals who tested positive. These students and staff members will be receiving FDOH quarantine letters.

The entire campus will be cleaned and disinfected. That process started with the confirmation of the first case on Sept. 14.

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Michael Eng

As a child, Editor and Publisher Michael Eng collected front pages of the Kansas City Star during Operation Desert Storm, so it was a foregone conclusion that he would pursue a career in journalism. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Missouri — Columbia School of Journalism. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his wife and three children, or playing drums around town. He’s also a sucker for dad jokes.