- Orange County Public Schools approved targeted rezoning changes affecting 105 Apopka-area students for the 2026-27 school year.
- The rezoning adjusts attendance boundaries in portions of Kelly Park, Wolf Lake, and Zellwood school areas to align neighborhoods with single schools.
- The changes aim to alleviate overcrowding at Zellwood and Wolf Lake Elementary schools by balancing student distribution based on capacity.
Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) has approved targeted rezoning changes affecting a small number of students in the Apopka area for the 2026-27 school year — in what District 7 School Board member Melissa Byrd described the changes as a targeted “cleanup” of existing attendance boundaries rather than a large-scale rezoning.
The OCPS School Board approved the changes during a May 12 public hearing following several weeks of community meetings and workshops. According to district rezoning materials, the changes affect portions of the Kelly Park, Wolf Lake and Zellwood school areas.
Byrd said a social media post wrongly warned parents that “a huge rezoning is coming,” when in fact the changes affect only two neighborhoods and a relatively small number of students…