Orange County Public Schools reassigns over 100 teachers amid enrollment dips

奥兰治县公立学校因入学人数下降 重新分配超百名教师

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Florida’s Orange County Public Schools will reassign 116 teachers to new positions this year as a result of declining student enrollment, Superintendent Maria Vazquez told attendees during a Sept. 9 school board meeting.

佛罗里达州奥兰治县公立学校负责人玛丽亚・巴斯克斯（Maria Vazquez）在 9 月 9 日的学校董事会会议上告知参会者，受学生入学人数下降影响，该学区今年将对 116 名教师进行岗位重新分配。

The nation’s eighth-largest district saw its enrollment decline more sharply than initially projected, Vazquez said. The district expected to see about 3,000 fewer students enroll this school year, but as of the 10th day of the 2025-26 school year, that number expanded to 6,600 — 2,500 of whom are immigrant students who previously attended school in the district, she said.

巴斯克斯表示，作为美国第八大学区，奥兰治县公立学校的入学人数降幅超出了最初预期。该学区原本预计本学年入学人数将减少约 3000 人，但截至 2025-2026 学年开学第 10 天，这一数字已增至 6600 人 —— 其中 2500 人是此前在该学区就读的移民学生。

Because of a hiring freeze, Orange County Public Schools has 157 vacancies that officials hope will allow the district to retain most of its instructional staff, Vazquez said. “While we hope that it’s a 1-to-1 match, it will depend on the certifications teachers have,” she said.

巴斯克斯指出，由于实施招聘冻结，奥兰治县公立学校目前有 157 个空缺岗位，官方希望借此留住大部分教学人员。她表示：“虽然我们希望能实现岗位与人员的 1:1 匹配，但最终能否实现取决于教师所持有的资格证书。”

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The unexpected shift in student enrollment “has a direct impact on our school resources,” Vazquez said, adding that school budgets have to be recalculated and readjusted from previous enrollment-based projections.

巴斯克斯称，入学人数的意外变化 “对我们的学校资金产生了直接影响”，并补充道，学校的预算需根据此前基于入学人数制定的预测重新核算与调整。

That means schools that started the school year with lower enrollment than expected will lose funding, she said.

她解释道，这意味着本学年开学时入学人数低于预期的学校将面临资金削减。

The district’s mass teacher reassignments come at a time when declining student enrollment is taking a serious toll on school budgets in districts nationwide — driving K-12 leaders to start planning for potential closures, consolidations and layoffs. As seen in Orange County Public Schools, enrollment dips are also beginning to strain staffing capacities.

奥兰治县公立学校此次大规模教师岗位重新分配，正值全美多地学区因入学人数下降而面临严重预算压力之际 —— 这一趋势正促使 K-12（学前至高中阶段）教育领域的管理层开始计划着对入学人数明显低于预期的的学校实施关闭、合并以及教师裁员的方案。正如奥兰治县公立学校的情况所示，入学人数下降也已开始对学区的人员配置造成压力。

Declining enrollment may begin to play a bigger role in district staffing strategies, especially in places where more teachers were hired during COVID-19, when schools received a historic, one-time influx of emergency federal funding. With that money gone, some districts have turned to hiring freezes or even layoffs as enrollment continues to plummet, according to education finance experts.

教育财政专家指出，入学人数下降可能会在学区人员配置策略中占据更重要的影响，尤其是在那些在新冠疫情期间招聘了更多教师的地区。当时，学校获得了历史性的一次性联邦紧急资金注入，而如今这笔资金已耗尽，随着入学人数持续下滑，部分学区不得不采取招聘冻结措施，甚至裁员。

But Orange County Public Schools is not the lone district in Florida dealing with this challenge. In late August, Broward County Public Schools announced plans to “address” 34 of its 239 schools for possible closures or consolidations, as it tallied an enrollment decline of 10,360 students on the 10th day of the 2025-26 school year.

值得注意的是，奥兰治县公立学校并非佛罗里达州唯一面临这一挑战的学区。8 月底，布劳沃德县公立学校宣布，计划对其 239 所学校中的 34 所进行 “评估”，以决定是否关闭或合并 —— 该学区在 2025-2026 学年开学第 10 天统计的入学人数已减少 10360 人。

May survey data revealed that half of former BCPS parents put their children in nontraditional schooling options because they wanted higher-quality instruction.

5 月的一项调查数据显示，布劳沃德县公立学校的前学生家长中，有半数选择让孩子接受非传统教育，原因则是他们希望孩子能获得更高质量的教学。

The district’s finding comes as state school choice options are increasingly available for parents, with participation in private school choice programs nationally jumping 25% between 2024 to 2025, according to a recent analysis by EdChoice, a pro-school choice advocacy group. On top of that, declining birthrates are further compounding public school enrollment concerns.

该学区的这一发现，恰逢各州为家长提供的学校选择方案日益增多之际。根据支持 “学校选择” 的倡导组织 “教育选择”（EdChoice）近期发布的分析报告，2024 年至 2025 年间，全美参与私立学校选择项目的人数增长了 25%。此外，美国出生率下降进一步加剧了公立学校入学人数方面的担忧。

With the Trump administration’s efforts to amp up immigration enforcement — sometimes even reportedly near school grounds — K-12 leaders and various lawsuits have also documented a drop in student attendance due to fears of deportation. In the case of Orange County Public Schools, the sudden drop in reported immigrant student attendance and enrollment in the new school year could be a sign that this fear is translating into a deeper trend moving forward.

与此同时，特朗普政府一直在加大移民执法力度 —— 据报道，有时甚至在学校周边区域开展执法行动。K-12 教育领域的管理层及多起诉讼案例记录均揭露出，由于担心被驱逐出境，学生出勤率出现了下降。就奥兰治县公立学校而言，本学年移民学生出勤率和入学人数的突然下降，表明这种担忧可能正逐渐演变为一种长期趋势。

A school board member in Florida’s Palm Beach County School District recently made such a connection, telling local news station WPTV that the immigration enforcement climate is a big reason for why his district’s enrollment declined by over 6,000 students this year.

佛罗里达州棕榈滩县学区的一名董事会成员近期就指出了这一关联，他在接受当地电视台 WPTV 采访时表示，当前的移民执法环境是该学区今年入学人数减少逾 6000 人的一个重要原因。