{"id":140458,"date":"2026-02-02T10:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140458\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:18:06","slug":"central-florida-school-districts-prepare-for-record-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140458\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Florida school districts prepare for record cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 School districts across Central Florida are making adjustments in transportation and on campuses to prepare for freezing temperatures on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In Orange County, bus fleets have been inspected for cold-weather performance, including battery checks, engine warm-ups, and safety equipment reviews.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Maintenance teams have also tested heating systems on school campuses and have been placed on standby to respond to any temperature-related issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In Seminole County, district leaders said buses and school buildings would be fully heated and prepared to receive students on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[EXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/features\/2021\/07\/28\/heres-what-it-means-to-become-a-news-6-insider-its-cool-and-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Become a News 6 Insider (it\u2019s FREE)<\/a> | PINIT! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2023\/04\/12\/changes-have-arrived-to-pinit-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Share your photos<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Jessica Rodriguez\u2019s son is a sixth-grader at Sanford Middle School and said she wasn\u2019t looking forward to the cold snap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cDress them up in layers and put extra clothes if they need to in the backpack and just let them know to stay warm and drink some hot liquids when you get home,\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Volusia County district officials said messaging about the cold weather has been sent out to families and outdoor activities may be limited on Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Students are urged to limit their time waiting at bus stops and are encouraged to dress in warm layers, including coats, hats, and gloves.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 School districts across Central Florida are making adjustments in transportation and on campuses to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[113,28,44682,30,29,1335,4348,1014,2261,4715],"class_list":{"0":"post-140458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-education","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-freeze","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-orange-county","14":"tag-schools","15":"tag-seminole-county","16":"tag-volusia-county","17":"tag-weather-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}