School Board approves redistricting plan; 7 schools impacted

The Osceola County School Board unanimously approved three proposed redistricting plans for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years which will impact approximately 538 students across 7 district schools.

The plans were determined by a Districtwide Redistricting Committee representative of the school community at each affected school, as well as representatives from the district.

The schools impacted were selected due to capacity concerns and to minimize the use of portable classrooms across the district.

The first plan will see 105 students move from Harmony High School to Tohopekalia High School, and 168 students move from Harmony High School to St. Cloud High School. The redistricting for St. Cloud High will take place in the 2024-25 school year, once the new classroom wing of the school will be open.

This is ahead of a planned new high school, to open on Nova Road east St. Cloud’s city limits in the 2026-27 school year. It does not yet have set boundaries, but is expected to impact student enrollment in these schools as well.

The second plan involves moving 191 students from Celebration High School to Osceola High School, and the final plan will move 74 students from Narcoossee Elementary School to Hickory Tree Elementary School.

The district plans to open two new elementary schools in the area: Sunbridge Elementary School in the 2024-25 school year and Roan Bridge Elementary School in the 2025-26 school year, which will offer additional relief in terms of capacity.

These plans were created to assist with school capacity limits for the 2023-24 school year, and do not account for future redistricting or any additional charter schools that may open in the next several years. Additionally, these student counts do not consider rising eighth graders who will now be zoned for a different high school and assume students attending schools outside of their normal zoned school will continue to do so moving forward.