Abe Aboraya, Author at Oviedo Community News

Abe Aboraya

Abe Aboraya is a freelance reporter and audio producer, covering education in Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs and Seminole County Commission meetings. His work has been heard on NPR, read on ProPublica and seen on NewsNight. You can reach him @AbeAboraya on Twitter or X.

An image shows audience members at Tuesday night's Seminole County School Board meeting holding up placards to show whether they agreed or disagreed with the speaker. One side was red (showing disagreement) and the other side was green (showing agreement).

No new book bans in Seminole

By Abe Aboraya ● News ● September 20, 2023

Seminole County Public Schools’ meeting went late into the evening Tuesday night, as members of Moms for Liberty took hours reading excerpts from books the group wants to see banned from the schools.

An image shows smoke billowing after the Pentagon attack on September 11.

Teaching 9/11 at Oviedo High School as someone who was there

By Abe Aboraya ● News ● September 13, 2023

On September 11, 2001, Jessica Jenkins was home, sleeping off the nightshift, when her parents woke her up with the news: The U.S. was under attack. The Oviedo High School history teacher talks about her own experience through 9/11.

An image shows a year-over-year budget comparison shows the change in average taxable value and what that means for school property taxes.

See what the newly approved tax rate for Seminole schools means for you

By Abe Aboraya ● News ● September 6, 2023

Seminole County Public Schools has approved a tax rate for next year that’s a slight drop from the year before.

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