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Observer
SEASON ER 2020
THE OBSERVER ’S GUIDE TO AR TS AND SOCIET Y
Winter Garden, Ocoee, Oakland
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VOLUME 87, NO. 11
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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2020
See inside for our election guide One Winter Garden City Commission seat and nine charter amendments are on the ballot. 6-7.
Tough act to follow West Orange theater department heads to state festival. SCHOOL ZONE: 15.
“Curtains” is a musical comedy whodunit production that West Orange theater students presented in the fall.
Melissa Gordon was the senior administrator for all 20 high schools in the Orange County Public Schools district before taking the acting principal’s role at West Orange.
Expenses stall intersection improvements
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Get to know West Orange High School’s new principal
A high water table is to blame for the increased construction costs at a busy Ocoee intersection.
AMY QUESINBERRY COMMUNITY EDITOR
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Melissa Gordon was assigned to West Orange High School to assume the role of acting principal when Bill Floyd retired at the end of October after four years at West Orange and 31 years with Orange County Public Schools. A relatively new face in West Orange County, this is Gordon’s first time working within OCPS’ SEE LEADING PAGE 4
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ERIC GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER
Tyrrell Hatton finished with a -4 to win the 2020 API. SEE PAGE 17
High construction costs have halted a much-needed intersection improvement project in Ocoee. During the March 3 Ocoee City Commission meeting, city leaders SEE PROGRESS PAGE 4