{"id":238619,"date":"2026-04-20T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238619\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:30:36","slug":"ocps-magnet-scholastic-academies-open-to-all-families-in-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238619\/","title":{"rendered":"OCPS Magnet, Scholastic Academies Open to All Families in Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

OCPS Magnet and Scholastic Academies are open to all families in Central Florida, the Orange County school district recently emphasized.<\/p>\n

Orange County Public Schools recently pointed out that no matter where you live, your child\u2019s future can start in Orange County Public Schools. For the first time, Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) opened Magnet and Scholastic Academy applications to all families, including those who live outside the Orlando district.<\/p>\n

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Families may apply during the application window for some of OCPS\u2019s most in-demand and innovative programs. Seats will be awarded on a first applied, first seated basis and a waitlist is available.<\/p>\n

OCPS Magnet and Scholastic Academies offer rigorous, specialized pathways designed to match students\u2019 talents and passions, including programs in: Artificial Intelligence (AI),\u00a0Aviation,\u00a0Law, Finance, and Criminal Justice,\u00a0ESports,\u00a0Medical Studies,\u00a0STEAM,\u00a0Gifted Education, and\u00a0Performing Arts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese programs are designed to prepare students for college, careers, and life,\u201d said Michelle Thomas, director, School Choice Services. \u201cBy opening applications to all families, we are expanding access to high-quality, specialized education opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

For application access and program details, visit Magnets<\/a>\u00a0and\/or Scholastic Academies<\/a> at OCPS online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OCPS Magnet and Scholastic Academies are open to all families in Central Florida, the Orange County school district…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[105819,17478,147,70410,78482,6601,52110,1335,139,141,140,105820,7538,7892],"class_list":["post-238619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-academies","tag-application","tag-central-florida","tag-magnet","tag-magnets","tag-ocps","tag-open","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-scholastic","tag-school-choice","tag-whats-happening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238619","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=238619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}