ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Public Schools faces a new challenge. This time a lawsuit filed in the ninth judicial court of Orlando by the Orange County Classroom Association, from the union that represents more than 14,000 educators.
The president of OCCTA said the school district has refused to be transparent and turn over public records they’ve requested on behalf of teachers."We have been in discussions and negotiations with the school district for weeks, and we're not getting anywhere," Mark Richard an attorney representing the OCCTA said.
The lawsuit includes a list of schools with COVID-19 outbreaks and what is being done to sanitize the worksites."The public who owns the school system who are the payers through their tax.