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SCPS weighs more budget cuts with $3M recurring shortfall
State lawmakers have steadily cut the school tax rate for 14 consecutive years.
Winter Springs narrowly approves declaration during Pride month
Winter Springs also finalizes stormwater rate increase in packed meeting.
Seminole County’s potential impact from property tax reform: $188M over two years
As budget decisions loom, commissioners say the time is now to start planning.
Seminole County Schools budget cuts hit Lawton Chiles band program
One of only two band directors cut from the school, class eliminated as parents protest budget cuts in school system increasingly facing funding pressure from Tallahassee.
McCulloch Road expansion denied by Orange County
Seminole County Commission, residents oppose the project, worried it could ultimately fuel a McCulloch road bridge over the Econ River.
Oviedo Babe Ruth teams say they were banned from All-Star play
In drama between Oviedo Babe Ruth, national Babe Ruth league, ‘collateral damage here has been kids’
Window closing for Seminole County Public Schools teacher pay referendum
School board members say there isn’t data to show the community wants a property tax increase to fund teacher salaries. But polling in 2024 showed broad support for the measure.
Orange County meeting Thursday on McCulloch Road expansion
Border road’s expansion with Seminole County a touchy subject as McCulloch Road funnels traffic out of Oviedo's southern residential areas. But paying for it is another question.
Final tally: Seminole County Public Schools cuts 314 jobs while facing a looming deficit
Statewide teachers unions are suing the state for diverting funds to private schools, while the local union asked the school board to put a property tax hike to pay for salaries on the 2026 ballot.