The district will provide a grace period through Labor Day, with enforcement beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8. The School Board will review the policy after the first nine weeks and consider whether changes are needed based on feedback.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ll have until the Tuesday after Labor Day to make arrangements,\u00a0and then after\u00a0that, we will start to enforce the consequences,\u201d\u00a0Vazquez said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vazquez said the district is also developing changes to the student code of conduct addressing violations.\u00a0Consequences would escalate from warnings and parent contact to the loss of the privilege\u00a0to use an e-bike or e-scooter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orange County Sheriff John Mina said deputies will also be watching for students operating e-bikes and e-scooters recklessly, speeding or\u00a0failing to stop\u00a0at stop signs. The Sheriff\u2019s Office is working with\u00a0Orange\u00a0County government on a proposed ordinance addressing micromobility violations, although deputies can already enforce existing traffic laws.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mina said\u00a0additional\u00a0deputies will conduct traffic enforcement around schools as classes resume and\u00a0urged\u00a0motorists to use caution. He said at least one school crossing guard is struck by a vehicle or e-bike each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orlando Police Chief Eric\u00a0D.\u00a0Smith similarly said traffic officers would be deployed around schools and urged motorists to slow down.\u00a0He also said school resource officers spent two weeks in intensive training that included active-shooter training.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will put their lives on the\u00a0line to protect your kids,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThat is their main job on campus, is\u00a0to keep our kids safe, and they will do that.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
OCPS District Police Chief Bryan Holmes said school resource officers will serve at all traditional OCPS campuses this year. He also encouraged students,\u00a0families\u00a0and staff to report threats or concerning behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n
District officials also addressed\u00a0ongoing negotiations<\/a>\u00a0with the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association over compensation and health insurance.\u00a0<\/p>\n OCPS and the union have reached an agreement involving state Teacher Salary\u00a0Increase\u00a0Allocation funds for eligible teachers with at least 10 years of experience in Florida public schools. The agreement is awaiting ratification, Vazquez said. The district also invested an\u00a0additional\u00a0$4.9 million to extend salary increases to 1,818 non-classroom teachers who otherwise would not qualify under the\u00a0state\u00a0allocation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Other compensation and health insurance issues\u00a0remain\u00a0at impasse.\u00a0Vazquez said the district expects a special\u00a0magistrate\u2019s\u00a0recommendation in about\u00a030 days. Either side can accept or reject the recommendation; if either rejects it, the dispute\u00a0would\u00a0proceed to a hearing before the School Board.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s our hope that through bargaining or the impasse process, we are able to resolve the salary and insurance differences quickly in order to give all of our employees their well-deserved salary increases,\u201d Vazquez\u00a0said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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