OCPS finalizes Independence, Sunset Park rezone

A new elementary school opening this August will serve most families in the Reams Road corridor.

By Zak Kerr
| 11:38 a.m. January 27, 2016

Rezoning Horizon West elementary schools means some students attending Independence Elementary in this inaugural year will attend the relief school in its inaugural year, starting this August. (Open in new tab to enlarge)

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HORIZON WEST After examination of multiple possible rezones for Horizon West elementary schools, the Orange County School Board finalized a rezoning map that will affect Independence and Sunset Park elementary schools.

During its Jan. 26 meeting, board members approved a map that would mean a third elementary school in as many years for almost all current Independence Elementary students who live east of Lake Hancock.

The area for relief elementary school 117-E-SW-4 -- which will be at the site within Silverlake Park Drive, Vermillion Avenue and Iron Mountain and Powder Ridge trails near Lake Reams -- covers the entirety of Reams and Ficquette roads, as well as part of Winter Garden-Vineland Road from near Lakeside Village Lane to the area of Walt Disney World's northeast corner.

Projections for student numbers in the 2016-17 school year are 786 for Independence Elementary, 841 for Sunset Park Elementary and 842 for the relief school.

Contact Zak Kerr at [email protected].