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11:00 AM, Hot Topics: Diverted Dollar$ The Real Cost of School Choice

Date and Time

Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM

Location

Winter Park Events Center
Winter Park Events Center
1050 W Morse Blvd
Winter Park, FL  32789
USA
(407) 599-3571

Event Contact(s)

Diana L Smith

Patricia Grierson
407 608 2300 (c)


Karen Estrin

Category

Hot Topics Luncheons

Registration Info

Registration is required
Payment In Full In Advance Only

About this event

LUNCHEON & PROGRAM

 




 

The August Hot Topics will look at Florida’s recent voucher law that helps parents pay for homeschooling or private schools and how the money is being diverted from public schools. Already the effects are being felt locally. Orange County Public Schools have announced a projected loss of 3,130 students in the 2025-26 year, which will result in a $27.8 million loss in state funding and require cutbacks in all departments.
The moderator is Beth Kassab, editor of the Winter Park Voice.

  • Stephanie Vanos, member of the OCPS School Board
  • Annie Martin, an investigative reporter for the Orlando Sentinel who has worked extensively on education
    stories

Doors open at 10:30 a.m. at the Winter Park Events Center for a buffet lunch. The discussion starts at 11:45 a.m. at 1050 W. Morse Blvd. in Winter Park and ends at 1 p.m. Tickets are $30 for League members, $37 non-members.

 
Hot Topics is streamed live on the League’s Facebook page Facebook and an edited version will be available on the League’s YouTube channel, League of Women Voters Orange County - YouTube.


Visionary sponsors: Phil and Jennifer Anderson. Silver sponsors: Lyn and David Berelsman and Voting Voices — Michele Levy, Charley Williams, and Laurie and Richard Wack. Bronze sponsors: Alex and the Hon. Cynthia Mackinnon.



The League of Women Voters of Orange County, Florida, is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy

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