Check out the makeover at Mollie Ray Elementary

The public has a great opportunity to check out the serious makeover of Mollie Ray Elementary School on Wednesday.


The school district is holding a sneak peek from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday to check out the building at 2000 Beecher Street, just off North Pine Hills Road.

The work included construction of the admin office, classrooms, cafeteria, art and music labs, expanded parking lot, covered walkways and student drop-off loop. They updated the technology in the classrooms with new computers and touch screen panels. Overall the project cost $19 million.

The money was provided through a voter referendum to impose a half-cent sales tax that has raised $4 billion for Orange County public school construction.

Unlike many other school districts, new schools are typically being built in the newly developed neighborhoods. However, the deal to impose the tax required the district to build new schools or perform major overhauls at schools in older communities.


Orange County has the 10th largest school district in the nation.

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