Meetings

• The Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center (RBELC) will not open to the public until thirty (30) minutes prior to the starting time of the meeting.
• The public shall enter the RBELC from the Amelia Street entrance only and will be required to pass through the metal detectors. OCPS staff will be present to direct the public.
• Members of the public who wish to speak during the Open Public Comment Period (for items not on an agenda) or Agenda Public Comment Period (for items on an agenda during a Regular School Board Meeting, Public Hearing, or Rule Development Workshop) shall follow the procedures set forth under the “Who Can Speak” tab below. See Board Policy BEDH – Pilot Program for Public Comment.
• Members of School Board Services will be in the lobby to distribute blue Speaker Requests (for the Open Public Comment Period) and yellow Speaker Requests (for the Agenda Public Comment Period). Speaker Requests must be filled out legibly and completely.
• Speakers must sign up to speak between 3:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. for the Open Public Comment Period and between 4:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. for the Agenda Public Comment Period. Speakers who sign up by 3:45 p.m. for the Open Public Comment Period and 4:45 p.m. for the Agenda Public Comment Period, respectively, will be prioritized by the category into which they fall:
  • Category 1: Parent/legal guardian/student/employee
  • Category 2: Orange County, Florida resident
  • Category 3: Non-resident of Orange County, Florida* (if speakers have not specified into which category they fall, the default category will be to non-resident of Orange County, Florida)
• Speakers who sign up after 3:45 p.m. for the Open Public Comment Period and 4:45 p.m. for the Agenda Public Comment Period will not be prioritized into categories and will be added in the order received.
• There will be no congregating in the lobby. The public can either enter the Board chambers or a designated overflow room, when needed.
• Members of the public will not be permitted to stand in the back of the Board chambers or congregate in the Board chambers.
• A section in the back of the Board chambers will be reserved for the media.
• Members of the public shall not be permitted to use visual, audio, and/or demonstrative aids in the Board chambers, including, but not limited to, PowerPoints, video clips, audio files, signs, posters, banners, flags, or noise makers, unless otherwise permitted by the Board.

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