Windermere High School

Windermere High School
Address
5523 Winter Garden Vineland Road
Orlando, Florida
United States
Coordinates 28°28′59″N 81°34′51″W / 28.4831°N 81.5809°W / 28.4831; -81.5809Coordinates: 28°28′59″N 81°34′51″W / 28.4831°N 81.5809°W / 28.4831; -81.5809
Information
Type Public secondary
Motto Achieving Greatness with Honor
(Latin:)
Established 2017
School district Orange County Public Schools
Principal Douglas Guthrie
Faculty TBD
Grades 9–12
Number of students 3300 (student capacity)
Color(s) Navy Blue, Lime Green, and Silver
Mascot Wolverines
Website https://windermerehs.ocps.net/

Windermere High School is a high school in Lake Butler, an unincorporated area located in the southwest portion of Orange County, Florida, within the Orlando metropolitan area.[1]

The school is a relief school [2] for nearby West Orange High School. Windermere High School began classes for the 2017-2018 school year.[3]

The dithe largest group, voted for the name "Windermere High School." 22% each voted for Horizon High School and Lake Butler High School. The Windermere, Florida town council opposed the naming on the grounds that area residents may mistakenly confuse the school with Windermere Preparatory School. Some OCPS board members also argued the school should not be named for a community it will not be located in; they stated that not very many students from the town of Windermere will go to Windermere High.[4]

History

Over the decades, a number of new schools have been built in nearby areas to serve as relief schools. Dr. Phillips High School was built in 1987 to handle student capacity in the Universal, Sand Lake, and Bay Hill communities. Olympia High School was built in 2001 to handle growth in Windermere, MetroWest, Pine Hills, and some of the Dr. Phillips area. In 2005, Ocoee High School was reinstated to handle tremendous growth in the Ocoee and West Oaks Mall area. The next school in this succession is scheduled for the Horizon West area.

Lakeview Middle School, Ocoee High School, and Apopka High School are already or are expected to be at capacity within 2 to 4 years. Wekiva High School Apopka High Relief opened in August 2007 to handle overflow from Apopka High School and Ocoee High School.

Beyond irony, West Orange Comprehensive Replacement itself will be at or beyond program capacity within two years.

In late 2007, the Orange County School Board was considering postponement of West Orange Relief past the anticipated 2012 opening. Given revenue shortfalls, this was a virtual certainty.

As of January 2008, it is not known how West Orange Comprehensive Replacement is going to be able to handle 3,400 students in 2012.

In November 2013, Orange County Commissioners rejected the proposal for a West Orange Relief School on C.R. 535 and Ficquette Road in Windermere, FL.

As of August 2014, the West Orange Relief High School has a tentative opening date of August 2017, The site of the school is located on the intersection of Winter Garden Vineland Road and Summerport Village Parkway near County Road 535 and Ficquette Road.[5]

As of September 2015, ground has been broken and construction of the school has begun.[6]

As of August 4, 2016, the new relief school is well under-way, almost the all of the buildings have been raised and the school is starting to take full shape, the school has a tentative opening date for the 2017-2018 school year.

As of October 2016, The OCPS School board approved the name "Windermere High School" After much controversy due to the new school not being in close proximity to the town of Windermere and the Windermere council expressing their disagreement with the name of the new school. The school mascot chosen was The Wolverines, the school colors chosen were navy, bright green, and silver (Similar to football team Seattle Seahawks).

On August 14, 2017, Windermere High School opened its doors to students.[7]

Sports

On August 18, 2017, Windermere High School lost its first football game against West Orange High School with a score of 70-0.

Incidents

On September 20, 2017, the school was put on lockdown after a threat was sent by text message from two students [8]. The school was checked and secured by local law enforcement, and forced the school into a late dismissal. No weapon or threat was found and charges against the two students were dropped.[9]

On November 15, 2017, the school was put on lockdown again after a parent received a text message saying, "There are guys in the bathrooms and hallways with guns in Windermere High School. We are afraid, please call 911 now."[10][11] The school was checked by local law enforcement and no threat was found, letting the students out in a late dismissal.

On February 16, 2018, the school was put on a brief lockdown after a threat was called in. [12] The lockdown ended before noon.

On August 23, 2018, a student posted a threat on social media. The school did not go into lockdown and the student was arrested.[13]

Campus

With a budget of $93.5 million dollars, Windermere High School is expected to serve 2,800 students.[4]

The construction was scheduled to end in May 2017 and employees are scheduled to move into the building the following month.[14]

Communities served

The school is serving:[3] sections of Lake Butler,[1] the Orange County portion of Four Corners,[15] and Bay Lake.[16][17]

References

  1. 1 2 "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Lake Butler CDP, FL." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 21, 2017. Page 1, Page 2.
  2. ↑ Kerr, Z. (January 11, 2016). ""Relief high rezoning maps unveiled"" (PDF). West Orange Times & Observer. Observer Media Group.
  3. 1 2 "Windermere High School Attendance Zone map, effective 08/2017" (PDF). OCPS Department of Student Enrollment.
  4. 1 2 Postal, Leslie (October 11, 2016). "New west Orange high school gets its name: Windermere High School". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ Sentinel, Orlando. "West Orange students, parents say 4,200-student campus has big spirit, challenges". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "West Orange relief high groundbreaking set". West Orange Times & Observer. Observer Media Group. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Back to school: Windermere High opens its doors". Windermere Observer. Observer Media Group. 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  8. ↑ "2 students questioned about Windermere High threat released, deputies say". West Orange Times & Observer. Click Orlando. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  9. ↑ No weapon or threat was found
  10. ↑ parent received a text message
  11. ↑ "Windermere High School lockdown lifted after deputies find no threat". Michael Williams. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Potential threat puts Windermere High on brief lockdown, officials say". WKMG ClickOrlando. OWKMG ClickOrlando. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  13. ↑ http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/school-zone/os-school-threats-orange-20180822-story.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ Gaines, Brittany (2017-04-14). "A long to-do list still for Windermere High School". West Orange Times & Observer. Observer Media Group. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  15. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Four Corners CDP, FL." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 22, 2017. Map pages of Orange County portion: 4, 5.
  16. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Bay Lake city, FL." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 19, 2017. Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
  17. ↑ Kerr, Zak (2016-01-11). "Relief high rezoning maps unveiled". West Orange Times & Observer. Observer Media Group.


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