Dick Batchelor, an Orlando business consultant, said his counsel reports that just might be the case. Not only does closing the schools breaks a promise the district made to voters in 2002, but it's likely illegal, as well. Batchelor was......

UPDATE: Here is the original sales tax list. You can find the schools on the list for closure here. Batchelor was an architect of the 2002 campaign to raise the sales tax by a half-penny to renovate campuses. Many of......

Number of middle-school athletes: 6,706 high school athletes: 13,294 cost of elementary sports (special olympics and Disabled Team): $649,784 cost of middle-school sports (coaching and supplies) $1.08 million (soccer, v-ball, basketball, track) cost of high schools (winter, fall and spring)......

The 40 Jones kids hit DC Monday night decked out in satin, rhinestones and black ties. They waltzed (ok, they never really used the dance step they just learned) through one of the balls they attended as part of the......

Batchelor, a long-time public schools advocate, has renewed his call for transparency on the board, pointing specifically to the budgeting and lobbying process. He is also calling for an investigation into School Board Attorney Frank Kruppenbacher's contract (which OCPS officials......