ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Update: One year after community members ferociously opposed a school district plan to put a school bus depot in east Winter Garden, city and school district staff confirmed a plan is in the works to give everyone a win.
City officials voted Thursday to acquire 15275 W. Colonial Drive for their bus depot.
The district’s plan was to put a new depot on the Orange Technical College west campus, which was the site of the first place West Orange County’s Black students were able to receive an education.
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A Winter Garden community is a step closer to a possible victory tonight after fighting to keep Orange County Public Schools from building a school bus lot next to their homes.
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The plan would have put it at the historic Orange Technical College West Campus on East Story Road near Plant Street. It was also the first place West Orange County’s Black children could get an education.
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Neighbors said putting a bus lot there doesn’t do the community any good, so the district found a new spot.
City leaders will vote to buy undeveloped property on West Colonial Drive to give the district in exchange for the tech school site.
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