{"id":252270,"date":"2026-04-30T10:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252270\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:17:12","slug":"oviedo-high-school-volleyball-team-approved-for-hawaii-trip-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252270\/","title":{"rendered":"Oviedo High School volleyball team approved for Hawaii trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oviedo High School volleyball team approved for Hawaii trip after budget concerns<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768911270_880_wesh.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WESH logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 4:35 PM EDT Apr 29, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOviedo High School\u2019s girls volleyball team has been approved to travel to Hawaii for a tournament after the Seminole County school district initially denied the trip due to budget concerns.  A leaked email from the assistant superintendent stated, \u201cDue to budgetary considerations, overnight trips starting this summer will not be approved. If there are special considerations that need to be made, please communicate first with me prior to teacher\/staff completing out-of-state travel,\u201d the email said.  Seminole County Public Schools released a statement addressing the budget challenges, saying, \u201cWe are currently navigating budget challenges due to factors such as declining enrollment, lower birth rates, and reduced funding. Our top priority remains unchanged: continuing to serve our students with excellence, and keeping our schools open.\u201d  Full statement below:The school district has not yet responded to inquiries about what led to the change in decision.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Oviedo High School\u2019s girls volleyball team has been approved to travel to Hawaii for a tournament after the Seminole County school district initially denied the trip due to budget concerns.  <\/p>\n<p>A leaked email from the assistant superintendent stated, \u201cDue to budgetary considerations, overnight trips starting this summer will not be approved. If there are special considerations that need to be made, please communicate first with me prior to teacher\/staff completing out-of-state travel,\u201d the email said.  <\/p>\n<p>Seminole County Public Schools released a statement addressing the budget challenges, saying, \u201cWe are currently navigating budget challenges due to factors such as declining enrollment, lower birth rates, and reduced funding. Our top priority remains unchanged: continuing to serve our students with excellence, and keeping our schools open.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Full statement below:<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>The school district has not yet responded to inquiries about what led to the change in decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oviedo High School volleyball team approved for Hawaii trip after budget concerns Updated: 4:35 PM EDT Apr 29,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[109947,109946,109953,5588,55784,71091,109952,109945,109948,139,141,140,109949,109951,109950,11831,5956,7331],"class_list":["post-252270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-budget-challenge","tag-budget-concern","tag-budgetary-consideration","tag-email","tag-enrollment","tag-excellence","tag-factor","tag-hawaii-trip","tag-low-birth-rate","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-out-of-state-travel","tag-reduced-funding","tag-seminole-county-public-schools","tag-staff","tag-statement","tag-teacher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252270","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=252270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}