Two West Orange elementary schools have new principals

Bay Lake and Spring Lake elementary schools are welcoming new principals starting in the 2025-2026 school year. 

Cristina Mrozek will be the new principal of Bay Lake Elementary School. 

Mrozek has served as an assistant principal with OCPS since 2016. She was a 2024-2025 Assistant Principal of the Year honoree as the assistant principal at Lakeville Elementary.

She also has served as an elementary teacher, math and science coach, district resource teacher for elementary mathematics, and a Teacher Incentive Fund Science, Technology, Engineering and Math master coach. 

She began her time with OCPS in 2006.

Spring Lake Elementary School is welcoming Gina Warkentien as the school’s new leader. 

Warkentien has served as a senior administrator for the division of learning for elementary schools with OCPS as well as an assistant principal for more than three years. She also was an instructional and literacy coach, a reading resource teacher, and an elementary teacher. 

She began her time with OCPS in 2010.