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By Tiffanie Reynolds Staff Writer
With the economic burden of dual enrollment now falling on Florida school districts, Osceola County will have to pay $1.4 million to continue the program.
The cost includes the price of college credits at Valencia Community College, as stated by the bill signed by Gov. Rick Scott last week.
Its a huge increase compared to what the district paid before, which was program instructors salaries both on and off Valencia campus. But, it is the sudden change of paying for college credits that came as a surprise to the district, rather than the cost.
Were very adaptive. We can flow with the changes that come down from the state. We just have to confront it just a little bit differently. This is just a different way of accounting for that and were just passing it on to Valencia now, said Todd Seis, School District chief financial officer.
The funding that the district receives through the Florida Education Finance Program for Dual Enrollment will pay the Valencia college credit cost $99.06 per credit. The change in cost has not altered the Dual Enrollment program, nor limits the number of high school students able to take the classes, according to Pam Tapley, School District assistant superintendent for secondary curriculum and instruction.
Dual Enrollment is a program through the Osceola School District. Qualified high school juniors and seniors can take community college classes at Valencia or their high school campus, if offered, and earn college as well as high school credits for them.
Part of the savings to the district is through their partnership with Valencia Community College. The funds from the state will cover the costs of credit hours for Valencia, but wont be able to completely cover credit costs at other local colleges or universities.
The community college, through the Dual Enrollment program, already teaches courses at four Osceola County high schools, and projects to be able to teach at even more high schools.
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Dual enrollment to cost School District more than $1 million
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By Tiffanie Reynolds Staff Writer
Brianne Stefek has two goals for downtown Kissimmee: keep city events going strong and bring in new ones to support the small businesses on Broadway.
As the new executive director of Kissimmee Main Street, this position gives her the chance to do more of what she loves. Already working Kissimmee Main Street for a year as a volunteer, she helped organize some of the citys biggest annual events, such as the Trick or Treat, annual 5K in February and the Kowtown Festival.
My favorite part of the events is actually the event itself, and being able to get out there and talk to people. Watch them enjoy themselves and knowing that what were doing is having such a great impact, positively, with the community. For the businesses and also for the residents that are here too, said Stefek.
Stefek was raised in Kissimmee, graduating from Osceola High School in 2002 and then from the University of Central Florida. Growing up, she has always volunteered and planned for different organizations, from local gymnastics meets as a kid to different community and philanthropic organizations in high school and college.
She sees Kissimmee as a much different place than when she was growing up, with downtown being less about business and more about community events. While enjoying the numerous events the city now has to offer, Stefek works to bring a balance of business and pleasure.
Just to get an idea of what theyre looking for, and their vision of downtown Kissimmee going forward, said Stefek about working with local businesses. That is part of our motto. Were preserving the past, but were also looking towards the future. So, I personally want to get a feel of what theyre looking for and what we can do to assist them meet those goals and visions as well.
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City welcomes new Main Street director
By Ken Jackson Staff Writer
Osceola County staff is looking for ways to replace some county vehicles while taking a bite out of the cost of gas by converting them to run on cheaper, cleaner compressed natural gas instead of traditional diesel fuel.
Its a deal that will take further study and work on points of the business deal, but County Manager Don Fisher said that a plan to use natural gas could make it easier for the county to get new vehicles. Its been five years since any new vehicles have been replaced.
We got into next years budget without replacing any of that equipment. These proposals were coming up with could accomplish that, he said.
Last week, the Board of County Commissioners chose one of two qualified companies, NoPetro out of Coral Gables, to begin working on contract points that will include the duration of the deal and the minimum amount of natural gas the county would have to buy.
Frank Raymond, the countys Public Works director, said with the commissions approval to continue discussions with NoPetro, staff can weigh the savings against the initial expenditure of the move to natural gas
On a theoretical basis, CNG (compressed natural gas) is a more efficient fuel, he said. Were attempting to see what wed spend to get into it.
Two natural gas stations in the Fort Lauderdale area were selling for $2.14 per gallon late last week, while traditional gas sold for about $3.50 per gallon.
CNG is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline and diesel fuel, producing far fewer greenhouse gases or carbon into the atmosphere. It is also much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill (natural gas is lighter than air, and disperses quickly when released). CNG can also be mixed with other elements to produce a biogas, another cheaper and greener fuel alternative.
Traditional internal combustion engines can be converted into a bi-fuel (gas and CNG) vehicle, however a drawback is that storage and vehicle tanks have to be bigger and heavier because of the high pressure at which CNG is kept at. Despite that, according to a market study, the number of vehicles in the world using CNG has grown by as much as 30 percent annually in recent years.
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Joomla 2.5 Custom Component Development - Ep 8 - How to SET Backend Component Menu ICON
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