Editing Orange County, Florida (section)

===Public education===
The [[Orange County Public Schools]] deliver [[Education in the United States|public education]] to students countywide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st12_fl/schooldistrict_maps/c12095_orange/DC20SD_C12095.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Orange County, FL|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=August 1, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st12_fl/schooldistrict_maps/c12095_orange/DC20SD_C12095_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> Its functions and expenditures are overseen by an elected school board composed of a chairman, elected at-large; and seven members, elected from single-member districts. Each member is elected to a four-year term: the chairman and three other members are elected in gubernatorial election years, while the other four are elected in presidential election years. As of the 2021–2022 school year, the school system operated 205 schools (127 elementary, 9 K-8, 39 middle, 22 high, and 8 exceptional learning), with 206,246 students.<ref>{{cite web|title = Pocket Guide 2021-2022 |publisher = Orange County Public Schools |url = https://issuu.com/orangecountypublicschools/docs/pocket_guide?fr=sNGM5ZTM1ODU0NDY |access-date=April 19, 2021 }}</ref> As of 2023, it is the 4th largest district statewide and [[List of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|eighth largest]] in the nation.<ref name="largest">{{cite web |title=2024 Largest School Districts in America |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/largest-school-districts/ |website=Niche |access-date=December 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2023}}

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! colspan = 3 | Orange County School Board{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
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!Position
!Incumbent
!Next election
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Chairman
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|[[Teresa Jacobs]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|2026
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |District 1
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|Angie Gallo
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|2026
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |District 2
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="center"|Maria Salamanca
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="center"|2026
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |District 3
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|Alicia Farrant
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|2026
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |District 4
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|Pam Gould
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|2024
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |District 5
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="center"|Vicki-Elaine Felder
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="center"|2024
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |District 6
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="center"|Karen Castor-Dentel
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="center"|2024
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |District 7
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="center"|Melissa Byrd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="center"|2022
|}