Loubert Alexis

This document outlines Orange County Public Schools' strategic goals, which include fostering high expectations for student learning, supporting student resiliency, developing a dedicated and high-quality team, ensuring efficient operations, maintaining a positive climate and safe environment, and engaging an effective community. The strategic direction emphasizes student success through comprehensive educational opportunities, character development, and strong community partnerships, while also reporting on achievements related to these goals for the 2022-2023 school year.

The committee meeting featured a presentation from the Chief Information Technology Officer on IT focus areas including AI integration, data governance, and network security. Forvis Mazars auditors provided a post-audit presentation covering internal controls, audit strategy, and accounting policies. CRI auditors presented financial statement reviews and audit result statistics, including findings from previous years. The committee approved the renewal of the Construction Cost Verification Contract with CRI. Additionally, the committee reviewed the entity-wide risk assessment process and timeline for 2026, the Internal Audit activities status report, and the Auditor General Operational Audit Report along with management's response regarding recurring findings.

The board will convene for an open public comment session to hear from community members, followed by a regular session to consider a series of agenda items.

The community meeting focused on the construction progress and design features of a new elementary school site. Key topics included the school naming process and survey, project timeline updates including anticipated substantial completion and opening, site planning details such as traffic flow and access, architectural design highlights including safety and security measures, classroom and facility features, and integrated sustainability design aspects.

The community meeting provided an overview of the construction project for a new high school. Key topics included the project timeline, access points for the site, vehicle and bus stacking capacity, and the architectural layout of the new campus. The presentation highlighted features such as collaborative learning hubs, energy-efficient design, and advanced safety and security measures. Additionally, the meeting initiated the school naming process, outlining the procedures for community engagement and naming surveys.