Students at Osceola public schools in grades 6-12 will have their belongings subject to routine random searches starting this school year, Osceola School District said in a statement.

A new technology to improve safety in and around school buses was unveiled in Osceola County.

The Osceola School District changed its school attendance notification policy this week.

Ivonne brown takes pride in being a school bus driver for Osceola County’s School District.

The son of an Osceola County high school football coach was shot and killed, prompting a homicide investigation, police said.

The Osceola School District is holding another job fair in an attempt to hire more bus drivers for the upcoming school year.

A Kissimmee high school is on lockdown Thursday morning after a student threatened to bring a gun to school, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

CLOUD, Fla. – A driver ran a red light and struck a crossing guard Thursday morning near a St. Cloud elementary school, police said. The crash was reported at 8:04 a.m. at the intersection of 13th Street and Michigan Avenue near Michigan Avenue Elementary School. The Osceola School District said its crisis team and Michigan Avenue Elementary School administrators were calling parents of students who witnessed the incident. 🚨 Traffic Alert 🚨We’re working a Vehicle vs Pedestrian accident at the intersection of 13th Street and Michigan Avenue.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A student at Tohopekaliga High School has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting officials to ask an additional 22 students to quarantine, according to the Osceola School District. Cloud has had to shut down its campus entirely for two weeks after 10 teachers tested positive for the deadly respiratory illness. Ron DeSantis’ stance that children are less at risk for becoming seriously ill if they contract COVID-19. “You have to remember, the children have no serious risk from this disease, it’s very safe for them. According to the Florida Department of Health, 48,928 children across the state have tested positive for COVID-19 since March and eight pediatric deaths have been reported.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. Students and staff members from several schools in Osceola County are in quarantine following reports of COVID-19, according to officials with the school district. Officials with the Osceola School District said on Tuesday, just one day after students returned to school for face-to-face learning, that at least nine schools have been impacted by reports of possible COVID-19 infections. Neptune Elementary School: 5 teachers in quarantine, 1 with positive testVentura Elementary School: 1 positive staff member, under quarantineHickory Tree Elementary School: 1 positive staff member, under quarantineA district-level teacher is also under quarantine with a positive test result, a spokesperson for Osceola Schools said. Cloud High School: 2 students reported positive tests | Note: They have not been on campus and will quarantine. As of Tuesday, more than 10,800 cases of COVID-19 had been reported in Osceola County since the start of the pandemic, according to the Florida Department of Health.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. The start of several fall sports, including football, has been pushed back for public schools in Osceola County, officials announced Thursday. The Osceola School District has joined other Central Florida school districts in the goal of providing opportunities for student-athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic through adjustments to the fall sports season calendars as follows, which are fluid based on the safety of student-athletes thus subject to change, officials said in a news release. There will be no preseason contests, and high schools in Osceola County will not participate in the Florida High School Athletic Associations State Series for football and volleyball. The delay in our athletic schedules for fall sports will allow schools to safely open, and still allow our student-athletes and coaches to complete their seasons with safety precautions in place as conditions allow, Osceola School District Superintendent Dr. Debra Pace said. Earlier this week, the FHSAA voted to allow the start of athletics on the originally scheduled date of July 27, but school districts were permitted to adjust their schedules as needed.