Thousands of Osceola County students will be forced to switch schools due to new redistricting map

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — On Tuesday, the Osceola County School Board passed two motions that will change the current redistricting map for over 2,000 students.

The board said two new K-8 schools will open in August 2024, although they did not specify what the schools would be name.

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The goal of redistricting is to readjust the population between the schools to make it nearly equal in population.

K-8 School “BB” will be located at 4090 Golden Knight Boulevard in Kissimmee, and K-8 School “CC” at 3175 Voyager Avenue in St. Cloud, right next to a proposed battery plant.

The board covered two different plans that would tell which students from each school would be moved to either of the schools.

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Plan #1 K-8 School “BB”

• Central Ave Elementary
• Island Village Elementary
• Flora Ridge Elementary
• Reedy Creek Elementary
• Sunrise Elementary
• Horizon Middle School
• Kissimmee Middle School

Plan #2 K-8 School “CC”

• Harmony Middle School
• Harmony Community School
• Hickory Tree Elementary
• Norrosesse Middle School
• Norrosesse Elementary School

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The district projects that both schools will have over a thousand students when the school opens its doors.

The district also said for both plans, rising 4th and 7th-grade students will have the choice to remain at their current schools provided they fill out an application and self-transportation.

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