BACK-TO-SCHOOL

The Florida Department of Health in Orange County is offering free school immunizations for kindergarteners and seventh graders at an event on Saturday.

9 things to do this weekend: Back-to-School fun, multi-cultural fest. Please consider donating school supplies for our Back to School Celebrations:https://t.co/NurDgMpKV0 #YMCA pic.twitter.com/Fxauszisz6 — YMCA Central Florida (@YCentralFlorida) July 8, 20222. Farm Share food distribution in OrlandoFarm Share is distributing food to food-insecure Floridians in the Orlando area. Fitz and the Tantrums and Andy Grammar at Hard Rock Live OrlandoFitz and the Tantrums and Andy Grammar are set to perform at Hard Rock Live Orlando. pic.twitter.com/yV3sRzhNcI — LeakyCon (@LeakyCon) July 25, 20229.

The Brevard Schools Foundation is partnering with several sponsors to give out school supplies to 2,000 students.

Five new schools are opening in August in Orange County, adding student capacity in growing areas of the county.

Back-to-school season is an exciting time and here are several ways to make the start of the new school year more memorable for your family.

Another change leaders explained going into the spring semester is regarding students struggling with online learning. Under the new executive order, all Florida school districts and charter schools must submit a new learning plan to the Department of Education by Dec. 15. For those virtual students who are not making adequate progress, we are asking them to return to in-person instruction. Flagler CountyFlagler County school officials say they’re also encouraged by the new executive order. In addition, all school districts will continue to offer virtual learning platforms as an alternative option for families.

When asked how many parents had reached out to her, Weinstein said, “My emails are overflowing. My text messages are overflowing.”Weinstein is helping parents form what they're calling learning pods, small groups of young children paired with a single teacher in a home. My kids are going to get their backpacks, laptop in their backpack, their water bottle and a snack and they're going to take it to whatever house they're going to. We hope we're going to stay pretty consistent with that," said Meredith Copley, a mom and organizer of the learning pod. Another mom and learning pod organizer Andrea Labouchere said, "I've envisioned a one room school house.