<P> A county wide public vote in 2009 created the elected position of School Board Chairman . Bill Sublette was subsequently elected to this position in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014 . </P> <P> OCPS has used an attendance model of Kindergarten through Grade 5 for elementary schools, Grades 6--8 for middle school and Grades 9--12 for high school since July 1987 . Before then, Grade 6 was part of elementary school and Grade 9 was part of middle school (called Junior High in OCPS prior to July 1987). As now required by Florida law, virtually all elementary schools have Pre-Kindergarten programs . </P> <P> OCPS has 188 regular - attendance schools as of the 2016--17 school year: 126 elementary, 4 K - 8, 35 middle, 20 high, and 4 exceptional education centers . The district also has an adult education system with six dedicated campuses and night classes at most high schools, four dedicated special education schools as well as a hospital / homebound program, and dozens of alternative education centers, including charter schools . Six of the high schools in OCPS have separate ninth - grade centers, three of them off - site of the main campus, built after the shift from K--6 / 7--9 / 10--12 to K--5 / 6--8 / 9--12 . Several new schools are due to open for the 2016 - 2017 school year . </P> <P> Some elementary middle and high schools include magnet programs that allow students to specialize in particular subject areas . Students must apply to magnet schools in order to take advantage of this specialization . Some magnet programs offered by OCPS are Aviation and Aerospace, Engineering, Foreign Languages / Dual Languages, Visual and Performing Arts, International Baccalaureate, International Studies, Criminal Justice, Digital Media, Hospitality, Leadership, Photonics, Medical Sciences, and Veterinary Animal Science . </P>

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