Plank #09 · Education
Strong Public Schools & Early Education
Expand afterschool and summer programming, support Community Partnership Schools, help fund nurses and counselors, modernize crossing guards, and widen early-learning access...
Classification
External CoordinationDelivery depends on another board, county agency, state office, or public authority the mayor cannot direct alone.
§ 01The Promise
Expand afterschool and summer programming, support Community Partnership Schools, help fund nurses and counselors, modernize crossing guards, and widen early-learning access.
§ 02Authority Scope
Orange County Public Schools is an independent constitutional entity, and core staffing, curriculum, and Pre-K delivery remain outside city authority.
§ 03Analysis
The mayor can add city-side infrastructure, grants, and partnerships around schools. The signature institutional changes in this plank still depend on a separate elected system.
§ 04Recurring Barriers
Implementation barriers identified across the audit; tap to expand a definition.
§ 06Legislative Record
She has long advocated for school funding, but the city does not control OCPS staffing or classroom operations.
§ 07Within-Authority Path
Treat schools as a partnership lane: fund crossing guards and Safe Routes work directly, then use MOUs and grants for anything happening inside school operations.
- Authority scope
- Crossing guards, Safe Routes infrastructure, partnership funding
- Category
- Education
- Candidate
- Anna Eskamani
- Last reviewed
- May 4, 2026
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- Prepared by
- OrlandoFirst.city
- Published
- April 24, 2026
- Last reviewed
- May 4, 2026
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026