Case Study: Wedgefield Area School Dispute

Wedgefield Area School Dispute Leaders in Orange County for the better part of a decade have been attempting to get approval for a new school in the neighborhood of Wedgefield, due to major population of the schools in the surrounding area. While the residents of this community wanted a solution but they did not want it to be near their homes because it would impact some of the activities that they enjoyed due to living in a more open area. (Breen, Roth) This issue arose a few years ago when the economy was growing and many people moved into the Wedgefield and Timber Springs area, causing the public school system to become very overcrowded. So the Orange County Public School (OCPS) system made suggestions on new locations for more public schools to be built, but they couldn’t agree on where. Some families in Wedgefield and the surrounding areas see the need for a new school because of the over population in other areas, it is those who do not want their way of life inconvenienced that are putting up the fight. One of the other issues here is that the residents in Wedgefield and surrounding areas did not want to have their land and way of live interfered with because of a new school. Some members of the community were concerned …show more content…
Getting a new school for the area was not going to be something that was an easy decision in 2014, the Orange County leaders voted no on a new school in the Wedgefield area due to various issues faced in the area and after hearing testimony from multiple people on each side of the argument. But on February 25th, 2015, Orange County Commissioners reached an agreement to approve the new school for the area which would be able to hold 1,100 students. (Breen,