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School District Of Osceola County, FL
The School District of Osceola County, Florida is a school district serving all of Osceola County, Florida., the district had 71 schools. History The school opened in unknown. There was only one other middle school in Kissimmee at the time. It was called Beaumont Middle School and students began the year at that one in August 1974. Student volunteers helped ready the school for opening the first day back from Christmas break. In 2021 the district, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida, began requiring PreK-8 students to wear masks unless their parents opt them out. Schools Elementary schools *Boggy Creek Elementary School *Celebration School (K-8) *Central Avenue Elementary School *Chestnut Elementary School for Science and Engineering *Cypress Elementary School *Deerwood Elementary School *East Lake Elementary School *Flora Ridge Elementary School *Harmony Community School (PreK-8) *Hickory Tree Elementary School *Highlands Elementary School *Kissimmee Elementary School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kissimmee, Florida
Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2010 population of 2,234,411. History This area was originally named Allendale, after Confederate Major J. H. Allen who operated the first cargo steamboat along the Kissimmee River—the ''Mary Belle''. It was renamed Kissimmee when incorporated as a city in 1883. The modern town, which is the county seat of Osceola County, was founded before the Civil War by the Bass, Johnson and Overstreet families. The etymology of the name Kissimmee is debated, apart from general agreement that it is Native American in origin. Its growth can be credited to Hamilton Disston of Philadelphia, who based his four-million acre (8,000 km2) drainage operation out of the small town. Disston had contracted with the financially wobbly state of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
