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East Orange County’s new relief school, located south of East Colonial Dr. and Chuluota Rd., will open for the 2009-2010 school year. Currently, the plans are to hold grades 9-11 its first year, and then grades 9-12 from 2010-2011 on.

This year, enrollment at Timber Creek High School (Florida’s 2nd largest school) is 38% over capacity- 4,340 students. University High School is 19% over capacity- 3,606 students.

Below is the finalized zones for all 3 East Orlando’s high schools:

A more clear map may be found at Orange County Florida Public Schools.

Why do the planners with the Orange County Transportation Division have it in for the residents of Waterford Lakes and Waterford Chase? First they suffocate us with Dead End Avalon Park’s traffic- were the road works plans even looked at before construction??? And now, we have the water reclamation pipes to be installed along Woodbury Road for the next year.
We were warned last month that the speed limit will be reduced to 25mph during construction. HELLO- Waterford Lakes residents are lucky to get up to 25mph with all the traffic funneled into our residential neighborhood.
Don’t get me wrong- I am all for water reclamation to be used for irrigation purposes. Great idea. It would be even better if Waterford Lakes residents received this reclaimed water. But we will not. No, the pipes in our neighborhood will not carry water to our homes. Orange County says we would cost them too much money.
But not to worry Eastwood residents- the transportation division says they will do their best not to disturb your beautiful landscaping within the central reservation. Good grief.

First and foremost- check the date! Remove and discard any food items from the refrigerator and pantry which are out-of-date.
Inside odors may easily be eliminated from the fridge by washing the inside with a baking soda and water solution, and for an instant fresh smell, soak cotton balls in vanilla extract or orange juice.
The microwave may be cleaned with baking soda and water as well. A cotton swab dipped into the solution helps clean the vents more easily. Try boiling lemon juice in the microwave and then add the juice to your dishwasher to remove unpleasant odors from there too!
And finally, use those lemon rinds down the disposal and voila, your kitchen has been made to smell fresh in 15 minutes or less!

Mother’s Day - Sunday, May 11th, is soon approaching. Here are a few coupons offered to East Orlando Life Readers from local salons and spas:

Peter Jacobs Salon in the Timber Springs Plaza near Avalon Park / Avalon Lakes:

Advanced Dermatology in the Alafaya Village near Avalon Park / Stoneybrook
Click here for Mother’s Day Promotion

Elase Medical Spa in the Millenia Plaza next to across from Mall at Millenia:
Click here for Mother’s Day Promotion

Click on the following link provided by MSN Auto to get the best gasoline prices in our area. Scroll down and enter 32828. The prices are updated daily.

East Orlando’s lowest gas prices

What’s Happening in Our Area?
Single Family Home Statistics for 32828 

 EAST ORLANDO BUYERS:
According to the data, we have nearly 2 years worth of inventory available in our market. This is a great time to buy in 32828! There are over 650 single family homes from which to choose. There are plenty of homes currently listed at or below market value and with interest rates still low- even better! Also, 100% financing is still available, and on top of that, many sellers are paying for your closing costs. Now is the perfect time to buy in East Orlando. Give me a call at 407-761-2663 and lets go over the figures to find you the most home for the least amount of money! Why wait? You have nothing to lose and so much to gain.
EAST ORLANDO HOME SELLERS:
It is an unfortunate time for sellers in our market. Too many homes are listed by sellers who are not serious about selling their home. We are flooded with homes that are overpriced. Seeing all these For Sale signs in front yards for months at a time is a bit disconcerting.
If you are serious about selling, please contact me, Dawn Pratt, for a free comparative market analysis of your home. Let me sell your home at a discounted brokerage fee and a listing agreement of 90 days. If you are unsatisfied with my performance, you may cancel our listing agreement at any time- no charge to you whatsoever.
My promise to you is to provide you with personalized service, consistent contact, and to do what it takes to reach our ultimate goal- to get your home sold!

I received the following email and thought it would be beneficial to all to take notice and action.

The following is an excerpt from an email sent out on Friday, April 25, 2008 from Jackie Swigart, Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer of Orange County Public Schools.
OCPS Operating Budget Q & A
2008-09
What is causing the current budget crisis?

• Significant reduction in State sales tax revenues as well as documentary stamp and intangibles tax collections primarily because of the housing market
• Reduction of corporate income tax collections because of economic downturn
• Slowdown in property tax revenues because of the housing market and Amendment 1
• Overall reduction of $1.9 billion in state revenues as compared to current year. Part of a $3 billion reduction for the current year plus next year due to deteriorating economic conditions

The following is and excerpt from an email sent out on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 from Grace B. Lias, Senior Executive Director, Human Resources, Orange County Public Schools:

• About 585 annual contract teachers were notified earlier this month that we could not commit to another year of employment for them. 
• Beginning this afternoon, over 300 probationary classified staff will be notified that their employment will not be continued next year.

Whether you have a child in public school or not, you know the affect the housing market has on the OCPS budget and (vice versa) you know the affect that cutting this budget will have on the future housing market.

The email below is from a Kindergarten teacher at Riverdale Elementary (near Dean Rd. & University Blvd). Please take her suggestion and take a quick moment to email each of the people she has listed to get them to use some of the “Rainy Day Fund” that was established back in 1992 for this purpose.

Feel free to forward this on to anyone. These stats are from Orange County, but the entire state of Florida’s public school system is undergoing these budget cuts.

And here is the email from the kindergarten teacher:

After going to the CTA Rally downtown last night, I learned that the last time we had this big of a cut in Public Schools, was 1992.  At that time Florida set up a fund in case this were to ever happen again.  This fund is called the “Rainy Day Fund” and has 1.3 BILLION dollars in it.  On Friday, CTA is meeting to ask for 100 million of those dollars to help get teachers’ jobs back and balance out Orange County’s budget!  In order for CTA to be successful at this, they need our help.  Please help by contacting the following people by phone or e-mail.  These people hold the support and approval we need for this to go through.  Remember-they meet THIS FRIDAY-there’s not much time to let your voice be heard.  Here are the people you need to contact and what you should say or write in your e-mail:

Speaker of the House:  Mr. Marco Rubio
850-488-1450
Marco.rubio@myfloridahouse.gov
Say or write:  No more tax cuts until schools are fully funded and in the National ranking of 25^th or higher.

President of the Senate:  Mr. Ken Pruitt
850-487-5088
Pruitt.ken.web@flsenate.gov
Say or write:  Please support the use of the Rainy Day Funds for our children’s education.  They need and deserve a quality public education. 

Governor Charlie Crist
850-488-4441
Charlie.crist@myflorida.com
Say or write:  Please approve the use of the Rainy Day Funds for Education.  Our children in Florida need and deserve a quality public education.

Join Mayor Dyer’s Green Works Orlando Effort
Top 10 - Ways You Can Make a Difference 
 

I have heard that there is a rebate provided to homeowners who switch to solar powered water heaters. If you have any information about this, please email me: WaterfordLakes@yahoo.com

Tonight from 5-9pm, Avalon Park will host an international food and wine festival. The downtown restaurants will be offering specials on their menus, there will be food booths and cooking demonstrations, not to mention - WINE!
And for your entertainment- there will be rides, community performances, and a laser light show.

Many of you have been affected by cancer one way or another. My mom has just had her follow-up and, thank goodness, the cancer is in remission.

I am asking for your help. If you are unable to attend East Orlando’s Relay for Life, you can still help- please forward the following link to everyone you know. Someone in your email address list is bound to be able to participate.

http://relay.acsevents.org/site/DocServer/CPS-3%20Flyer%20(2).pdf?docID=29789

Enrollment is tonight from 7-10pm at Timber Creek High School. It will only take 30 minutes of your time to quite possibly save lives.

For more information about CPS-3 (cancer prevention study), please click here: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/RES/RES_6_6.asp?

I truly thank you for participating or encouraging others to participate.
Sincerely,

Dawn Pratt