Lot Split Request Puts Future of Gamble Rogers Estate in Question

Lot Split Request Puts Future of Gamble Rogers Estate in Question

Lot Split Request Puts Future of Gamble Rogers Estate in Question

Lakefront lot splits are against Winter Park policy. But the prospective owner of the largest lot on the city’s esteemed chain of lakes says the alternative could be worse — a residence so large it dwarfs the Library & Events Center

Feb. 7, 2026

By Beth Kassab

The fate of 1020 Palmer Avenue — a once-grand home and among the largest and most ornate ever designed by James Gamble Rogers II (think velvet-covered handrails) and known in recent years as “Merrywood” — appears to hinge on whether a unicorn buyer emerges to save the property.

Such a feat would take not only millions of dollars, but also approval from city officials to break one of Winter Park’s cardinal development rules: No lakefront lot splits allowed.

Tara Tedrow, the prospective buyer who has the property under contract, is asking for an exception to that rule to allow the 3.67-acre lot — the largest property on the picturesque Winter Park Chain of Lakes — to be divided into two lots on Lake Osceola. Each lot, she said, would be at least 150 feet wide and 1.5 acres or larger.

Zillow estimates the property at $12.1 million while other estimates, such as Redfin, list it at $6.4 million.

Tedrow, a land-use attorney at Lowndes who also used to practice cannabis law there, could then potentially sell the lot with the existing home and build a new home for her family on the newly created lakefront lot. The exception would be written in such a way that it would apply only to her lot and no others, according to city staff, because the lot Tedrow wants to purchase is the only one large enough.

The name “Merrywood” at the start of the driveway at 1020 Palmer Avenue.

While she told the Planning & Zoning Board earlier this week that she believes the currently vacant home is beyond repair, she said she is open to talking with buyers interested in restoring the 7,000-square-foot structure, which dates back to 1940.

She also met with Betsy Owens, granddaughter of Gamble Rogers and leader of the Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum — a Gamble Rogers home and now a popular event space that was famously moved from Interlachen Avenue to just off the ninth fairway of the Winter Park Nine 25 years ago after it was threatened with demolition.

“I’m certain if I’m not in the picture, that the house will get torn down,” Tedrow told the P&Z board earlier this week of the Palmer Avenue home.

The house at 1020 Palmer Avenue is not on the city’s historic register because the longtime owners chose to keep it off. It could be destroyed with a simple demolition permit. However, the property is listed on the Florida Master Site File, a state database of historical and cultural resources, which means the city’s Historic Preservation Board could delay a demolition request for 90 days to allow time to consider alternatives or ways to preserve pieces of the home.

The P&Z board voted 4–2 on Tuesday to grant Tedrow’s request to delay the hearing on the lot split until June — so far, there is no demolition request — to give her time to see whether anyone comes forward who may be interested in restoring the property.

“We appreciate the opportunity to present this case to the city and to hear from our neighbors and members of the historic preservation community,” Tedrow told the Voice. “Having grown up in Winter Park, I appreciate just how unique and beautiful the city is. As I am expecting my third baby in three years, I want more than ever to move back to Winter Park.”

Alex Stringfellow, Bill Segal, David Bornstein, and Charles Steinberg voted in favor of granting the continuance.

Jason Johnson, chairman of the P&Z board, and board member Michael Dick voted against continuing the hearing on the lot split. Both expressed skepticism that a lot split — which would require a change to the comprehensive plan that governs how the city will develop in coming years — should be granted.

The rule states that a property owner cannot divide a lakefront parcel into two and build a house on each one. Such splits would increase density and development along the shorelines of the city’s lakes and decrease the diversity of lot sizes central to the city’s unique character.

The only exception in the plan — which does not apply in this case — is when there is a lakefront lot with a house that is historically designated and older than 1950, and the lot split does not create a new lakefront lot, said Planning & Zoning Director Allison McGillis. In such a case, which occurred last year with another Gamble Rogers house on North Park Avenue, one lot remained on the lakefront while the newly created lot was not on the water.

A view of the home from Palmer Avenue.

McGillis told the board she has heard from residents in the area who have concerns about a potential lot split.

“I’ve gotten questions about the fate of the house,” she said. “Most people I’ve talked with want to preserve the Gamble Rogers house because there are not many of them left.”

While splitting the lot does not guarantee that the home would be preserved, Tedrow said a potentially worse outcome could be on the horizon if a lot split is not granted.

Because of the size of the lot, a buyer could demolish the old home and would be entitled to build a new house as large as 56,000 square feet.

“The largest home in the city has a gross floor area of over 36,000 square feet — this 3.67-acre property is legally entitled to have a home 55% larger,” Tedrow told the Voice in an email. “To further put this into perspective, the city’s new library and event space total around 50,000 square feet. The home that could be built at 1020 Palmer Avenue under today’s Comprehensive Plan would be larger than both buildings combined on the city’s library campus and would dwarf every home in Winter Park.”

Such a house would also dwarf the home of Marc and Sharon Hagle, who spent years constructing the largest residence in Winter Park — the one Tedrow mentioned that is 36,000 square feet — just a few doors down Palmer Avenue.

“I think there are some buyers out there who might do that,” she told P&Z members. “I’m not that buyer. So maybe we flip this to somebody else …”

Owens, who also attended the meeting, said she appreciates that Tedrow came to Casa Feliz and is considering ways to find a buyer who might be willing to restore the home.

“We appreciate her willingness to work with us,” Owens said.

The property was most recently the home of Dr. Raymond Gilmer, an orthopedic surgeon who died in 2020 at age 90, and his wife, Sarah, who purchased it in 1977.

The home is now vacant and owned by the couple’s children. Tedrow said the family decided to keep the property off the historic register in case the land would be worth more with the potential for demolition.

A close-up of the front entrance to the property.

There is no publicly available list price because Tedrow offered a contract on the property before it hit the MLS.

She said the price of the existing house would depend on the exact configuration of a potential lot split, if approved, and other factors.

The house was featured as one of about a dozen properties in a 2004 book celebrating the architecture of Gamble Rogers in Winter Park by Patrick and Debra McClane.

“The initial series of interior spaces is unusual for a residence and more closely resembles a hotel or theater entry in that a lobby is provided, which is flanked by a coat room and a powder room,” reads the section on the property, referred to as the Plant House for its original owner. “Stepping up from the lobby, one then enters a large entrance hall nearly 45 feet in length. Triple arched openings on the south wall of the hall — with a fixed window in the center and double-leaf, multiplane doors on the sides — lead to the loggia and then the sunken patio, with Lake Osceola beyond.”

The house boasted features such as “floor buttons” in the dining areas that rang to wait staff in the kitchen, as well as “ornate wrought-iron railings and balusters [that] lined the staircase, and a velvet-covered handrail … provided on the interior wall.”

Jack Rogers, architect and son of Gamble Rogers, told the Voice last year that there are fewer than 10 true examples of his father’s work left in Winter Park as more are torn down every year.

“There’s probably 15 or 20 left, and eight or 10 are absolutely precious, and we seem to be losing them at the rate of one or two a year,” Rogers said. “We still have several wonderful examples.”

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Update: The original version of this story noted cannabis law as a part of Tedrow’s law practice. She no longer practices in that area. 

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Winter Park Officials Report No Major Power Disruptions During Prolonged Cold Snap

Winter Park Officials Report No Major Power Disruptions During Prolonged Cold Snap

Winter Park Officials Report No Major Power Disruptions During Prolonged Cold Snap

The city, which runs its own electric utility, asked major power users like AdventHealth and Publix to conserve and use generators as usage soared to heat homes and businesses

Feb. 2, 2026

By Beth Kassab

Winter Park Mayor Sheila DeCiccio alerted residents on Monday evening that the city appeared to be through the worst of the impacts from two consecutive days of below freezing temperatures with few disruptions.

An email from DeCiccio relayed a message from Randy Knight:

Ice appeared across the city on Sunday morning such as on this plant off Palmer Avenue.

“Well, we made it through the worst of the cold weather without any brownouts or blackouts,” he wrote. “We had a few minor outage events that impacted approximately 40 customers.”

Winter Park, which owns its owns electric utility, relies most significantly on power produced by natural gas through purchasing agreements with the Florida Municipal Power Agency and the Orlando Utilities Commission.

Knight said he and other officials called big customers in the city such as Publix and AdventHealth and asked them to use generators during peak hours to free up capacity needed to heat homes and businesses.

“… We were cranking out 2.1mw at our Interlachlen Substation Feeder 159 and when Winter Park Hospital turned on their generators it took 1.4mw off that demand,” he said. “That is a good community partner.”

Publix also placed stores across Florida on generators, Knight wrote.

“That went a long way in helping the state utilities make it through this event,” he said.

The city also used generators to power some of its own facilities and temporarily closed some buildings. For example, the Winter Park Library did not open until noon on Monday.

A resident’s pond froze off Via Tuscany not far from the shores of Lake Maitland.

Running central heat for prolonged periods consumes more power than air-conditioning. That caused concerns about whether the utilities had capacity to manage the loads over the weekend and into Monday when temperatures dropped below 30 degrees.

The cold weather was brought on by a major winter storm that impacted multiple states and drove natural gas prices to temporarily sky-high levels as production of the gas decreased during the storm.

Knight told the City Commission last week that if prices remained high it could increase the amount Winter Park residents and businesses pay for electricity.

In October, customer electric rates increased 4%, in part, after the City Commission determined high prices were justified to help raise enough capital to finish the city’s long-running project to underground every power line.

But customer bills actually dropped because the costs associated with fuel (which, again, is mostly natural gas) were low, though fuel prices tend to be volatile.

Knight said last week he expected the commission to have a discussion this month about whether the city will need to up the amount customers pay for fuel beginning in March to recoup some of the higher expenses brought on by the storm.

“Fuel is a pass through to the customer, we don’t make a profit on that part,” he said at the Jan. 28 meeting. 

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Have Complaints about Electric Scooters and Bikes? Meeting Scheduled for Next Month

Have Complaints about Electric Scooters and Bikes? Meeting Scheduled for Next Month

Have Complaints about Electric Scooters and Bikes? Meeting Scheduled for Next Month

Plus Blue Bamboo’s leader offered a short update on the group’s financial status in the wake of multiple changes at the organization operating at the city’s old library

Jan. 15, 2026

By Beth Kassab

Residents who have questions or concerns about safety related to electric bikes and scooters, which have soared in popularity in recent years, are invited to attend a community meeting at Winter Park Community Center on Feb. 17 at 5:30 p.m.

The meeting comes in the wake of a rising number of accidents and concerns surrounding the motorized devices that are increasingly common in and around school campuses.

Commissioner Craig Russell, who is also a teacher and coach at Winter Park High School, has taken the lead on the topic with a series of safety videos aimed at students and parents and, now, plans for a larger community discussion.

Russell said at Wednesday’s City Commission session that the meeting in February will be about sharing the facts and providing any available updates on the Legislative session, where a proposal (HB 243 and SB 382) is being debated that would put more regulations on e-bikes and scooters and their often young drivers.

“I just want to continue with our public safety effort,” Russell said. “It’s not going to be me telling parents what to do. It’s an informational session.”

The Voice reported last month that Orange County School Board members tossed around potential new regulations such as requiring licenses, training and speed limits at a meeting in November.

Since 2017, electric scooter injuries in the U.S. have surged by 400%, with Florida being a top state in emergency room visits for such injuries, staff told board members, citing data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. These accidents have more than doubled since 2023 for children under 15.

Update on Blue Bamboo

Commissioners heard an update on Wednesday from Jeff Flowers, who is leading the Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts project that is leasing the city’s old library building.

The group’s founder Chris Cortez died last month after a short illness with glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer.

Flowers, a chemist and arts philanthropist who served two stints on the Maitland City Council, noted the challenges the group has faced with the loss of Cortez and difficulty finding tenants for the second and third floors of the building. He said there have been three “very serious” sublease prospects, but no deals yet.

“We are in serious discussions now with another,” he said. “It’s not there yet, but it looks good.”

He said the Blue Bamboo tallied 8,300 people attending shows over the past six months and $180,000 in ticket sales. He said revenue totaled about $340,000 including concession sales and donations.

The Blue Bamboo is required to pay the city $132,000 a year in rent for the building, an amount scheduled to rise to $276,000 next year, according to the lease agreement.

The group has access to a $900,000 grant from Orange County for additional work on the building, but is required to raise matching funds and was counting on help in the form of fundraising and rent from Central Florida Vocal Arts before that group walked away from the deal in August when it was not satisfied by the terms of the sublease offered by Blue Bamboo.

Flowers has loaned Blue Bamboo more than $1 million so far to retrofit the first floor of the building into a performance space and other work.

“The message is look, the Blue Bamboo is here to stay,” Flowers told the commission. “We’ve surmounted every barrier thrown at us.”

Mayor Sheila DeCiccio thanked Flowers for appearing at the meeting and quickly moved on to the next topic after no other commissioners offered any comments or asked any questions.

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CORRECTION: The original version of this story included the wrong location and time for the meeting on e-bikes and scooters. The meeting will be held at Winter Park Community Center at 5:30 p.m.

 

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Mixed-Use Development Proposed for DePugh Nursing Center Site

Mixed-Use Development Proposed for DePugh Nursing Center Site

Mixed-Use Development Proposed for DePugh Nursing Center Site

The new project by Z Properties will include commercial and residential elements on the prominent corner of Morse and Pennsylvania. The nursing center closed last year.

Jan. 7, 2026

By Beth Kassab

The Gardens at DePugh Nursing Center, which closed in the fall after 70 years, will be demolished and replaced with a “flexible, mixed-use environment offering modular opportunities to purchase space” along with a residential component, according to an announcement on Wednesday by Z Properties.

The Winter Park-based development and design firm led by Zane and Emily Williams said in a news release that the residential portion is still in the early planning. The commercial part of the development will look for a mix of “professional, creative, retail, hospitality and service-oriented businesses, with generous ceiling heights, thoughtfully-designed interiors and flexibility to support a range of uses.”

Zane Williams, who did not immediately respond to an interview request, acknowledged the prominence of the corner at 550 W. Morse Boulevard near Pennsylvania Avenue, and the potential for the new buildings to “set the tone” as visitors enter downtown Winter Park via Morse.

“Our goal here, as always, is to develop with intention and care, and to add beauty to our surroundings,” Williams said in the release. “This is a special corner, and we feel a responsibility to create something locals and visitors will pass by and think, ‘That feels right.’”

The new development will bring further change for the historically Black neighborhood west of Park Avenue that dates back to the city’s founding. The area has undergone significant gentrification over the past 25 years with the redevelopment of Hannibal Square and a number of larger homes replacing small, single-story houses.

The DePugh center opened in 1956 as the first state-approved nursing home where aging Black residents could seek care during segregation. The center was named for Mary Lee DePugh, who moved to Winter Park in 1937 to work for a white family she knew from the Chicago area and began advocating to provide health care to those in need as part of her work with the Ideal Woman’s Club, which she founded on the west side of the city. She died before the center opened.

Leaders of the Center decided to close it because of rising operating costs.

Z Properties applied for a demolition permit in October, said city Planning & Zoning Director Allison McGillis. The permit is likely to be approved because the building is not historically designated.

A representative of the firm said renderings of the proposed project will be available in the coming months.

A portion of the Palmetto Grove work spaces by Z Properties near Seven Oaks Park. The project, which refurbished older buildings, recently won praise from City Commission members. (Photo courtesy of Z Properties)

Williams said in the release that one unique aspect of the plan will be the option for business owners to also own a physical space.

“There are so many business owners who dream of designing and owning their own building in the same way people dream of building their homes,” he said. “Ownership allows you to establish permanence, identity, and control of your space — this project is about making that a reality.”

Z Properties is partnering with Stream Realty on the development.

“It’s exceptionally rare to come across the opportunity to own custom-designed commercial space in Winter Park,” Darryl Hoffman, executive vice president at Stream Realty, said in the news release. “We’re thrilled to partner with Zane on this first-of-its-kind development for the area.”

Z Properties recently received praise from the City Commission related to its makeover of workspaces near Seven Oaks Park known as Palmetto Grove along Palmetto Avenue. The buildings were refurbished to have an elevated, high-end look not far off of Orange Avenue where the city is working to improve one of its gateways.

The release said the team is aiming for completion of the project on the DePugh site in 2027 and will unveil its name and more details in the near future.

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Construction on Park Avenue Will Begin this Month Starting on the North End

Construction on Park Avenue Will Begin this Month Starting on the North End

Construction on Park Avenue Will Begin this Month Starting on the North End

The estimated $8.5 million project will upgrade technology and aesthetics along the busy shopping and dining district

Jan. 6, 2026

By Beth Kassab

Construction will begin later this month on the first major overhaul in 25 years of Park Avenue’s aesthetics and technology — a project known as the Park Avenue Refresh that will include nearly $1 million worth of new streetlights and a total price tag estimated at $8.5 million over the next three years.

Workers began some tasks last year as the city prepared to launch Phase 1 construction this month. (Photo courtesy of the city of Winter Park)

The work on the first of the three project phases is slated to start Jan. 20 on the north end of the avenue and run from Webster Avenue, near the University Club of Winter Park and the city’s nine-hole golf course to Garfield Avenue along the northern border of Central Park.

The stretch includes the Morse Museum, which houses a large collection of glass windows, lamps, jewelry and other delicate work by Louis Comfort Tiffany, and museum leadership has expressed concerns about potential vibrations from construction, Clarissa Howard, the Refresh’s project manager, told the City Commission last month.

Howard said city staff is working with the museum and others along the stretch such as St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, which also runs a school with busy drop-off and pick-up times, to minimize disruptions from the construction.

“Fortunately, our project will not be using jack hammers or equipment that would create that type of severe vibrations that could cause damage to the fragile glass,” Howard said in an email. “We are very sensitive to the fragility of the museum’s pieces so we are working closely with them on our construction schedule and activity. We were asked by the museum team to do our work around the museum during the day so they could have staff on standby to keep an eye out for their pieces during construction.”

The new streetlights, which the commission voted in April to purchase for nearly $1 million, include “dark sky” lamp fixtures that cast LED lights downward, wi-fi receivers, electric hook-ups for cameras and speakers and internal sprinklers for potted plants that will hang from the fixtures. The new cameras on the north end of Park Avenue are for security and will allow law enforcement to obtain footage of incidents for a period of time if needed.

In addition to the new light poles, the avenue will get some noticeable upgrades in the form of new oak trees, new sidewalks, repairs to raised planter beds, new potted plants, new trash and recycling bins and bollards or short posts designed to prevent cars from encroaching on the sidewalks. Other work will be done underground to wire the new lights and irrigation system, help contain tree roots and address stormwater runoff concerns.

A new sign arches above the north end of Park Avenue near where the Refresh project is slated to begin later this month.

Some work will be done overnight to minimize disruptions to shops and businesses, which rely on foot traffic along one of the region’s busiest shopping and dining hubs.

Last year downtown Winter Park logged more than 1.3 million visitors, according to a city count.

Construction on Phase 2 of the project will start in 2027 and run from Garfield to New England Avenue.

Alex Stringfellow, who serves as the urban planner for the project, said the next phase will be mindful of coordinatization around the considerable space occupied by cafe tables along the sidewalks as well as maintaining the health of the oak tree in front of Briarpatch, the largest along the avenue.

Phase 3 will begin in 2028 and run from New England to Fairbanks Avenue.

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Are Electric Scooters and Bikes Too Dangerous for Schools?

Are Electric Scooters and Bikes Too Dangerous for Schools?

Are Electric Scooters and Bikes Too Dangerous for Schools?

Orange School Board members and Winter Park officials say more safety measures are needed

Dec. 31, 2025

By Tilly Raij

Stricter rules over electric scooters and bikes on school campuses – or even a temporary ban — are slated for discussion next month as officials from Orange County Public Schools and Winter Park grapple with soaring injuries and accidents attributed to the high-speed vehicles. 

School board members tossed around potential new regulations such as requiring licenses, training and speed limits at a meeting in November. Stephanie Vanos, the member who represents District 6, which includes Winter Park, said she recognized that regulations involving the devices can be challenging to carry out. 

“It’s hard to enforce speed when some of these don’t even have speedometers. It’s hard to enforce licensure because they come from anywhere,” said Vanos, who raised the idea of a temporary ban of electric scooters and similar devices until a more complete evaluation of the situation is done.

OCPS Superintendent Maria Vasquez suggested a ban could be the easiest way to enhance safety without shouldering school staff with the extra work of enforcing new rules while a larger safety plan is explored. 

“…I don’t think we want to prohibit them on our campuses, but if we’re looking at the conditions that currently exist, that’s probably the one action we can take that doesn’t add more burden to our staff while we are looking at other options,” Vasquez said.

The comments came in response to a presentation last month from Joe Silvestris, who leads the school district’s Office of Safety and Emergency Management. 

An OCPS presentation detailed the different devices students are commonly using on campuses.

Since 2017, electric scooter injuries in the U.S. have surged by 400%, with Florida being a top state in emergency room visits for such injuries, Silvestris told the school board at a November work session, citing data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. These accidents have more than doubled since 2023 for children under 15, he said. 

Lack of helmets, poor infrastructure, and rider inexperience and poor behavior were some common causes of scooter-related trauma that Silvestris listed. It was also noted that collisions involving distracted drivers, particularly newly licensed high schoolers, are prevalent on OCPS campuses. The district has previously provided guidance on these vehicles in the Deputy Superintendent Newsletter and on ParentSquare, an app used to send messages to families. The district has also partnered with Bike/Walk Central Florida to deliver safety presentations in schools.

But electric bikes and scooters are so common now that some school and city officials say more is needed. 

Winter Park City Commissioner Craig Russell, who is a teacher and coach at Winter Park High School, said he has seen first-hand the dangers of electric scooter accidents and has worked with Winter Park Police on a safety campaign aimed at students and parents. 

“A student in my class now has to withdraw and do Hospital Homebound because he was hit by a car [while] riding his e-scooter,” Russell said. “I think as a community we need to learn more about the scooters as a tool. We have to empower ourselves with knowledge of not only how to operate them, but how to teach our kids how to operate them properly and know the rules of the road.”

While some policy makers are worried about the dangers of electric scooters and bikes, many students see them as an essential part of daily life to get to school, work, sports practice and other activities.

“They’re not dangerous because if you really know what you’re doing and if you’re aware of your surroundings, you really can’t go wrong,” said Marco Malave, a sophomore at Winter Park High who uses his e-scooter to get to school and extracurricular activities. Although Malave has had accidents with his scooter before, he doesn’t believe licensing or a ban are needed as long as simple rules are created to “keep everyone safe.”

School Board member Alicia Farrant, who represents District 3, which runs from downtown Orlando south to near Walt Disney World, questioned the idea of a ban at the November meeting and suggested more safety education would suffice. 

“As the school district, our place here is really to educate parents, educate the community on what is happening…but I don’t know that it is our duty as a school district to eliminate something completely, and I would be more in favor with each school having more of a say in…their area,” Farrant said. 

District 2 member Maria Salamanca, who represents Lake Nona, advocated for rules governing scooters and bikes to be added to the OCPS Code of Student Conduct, which currently doesn’t mention the motorized devices.   

“I have seen a really large uptick of very dangerous accidents with scooters on the way to school and very near to campus,” Salamanca said. “I think one of the things I’m seeing a lot, specifically in high school as well, is very young drivers who are distracted and then very fast scooters who are on their phone, and they crash in or around campus.” 

Board Chair Teresa Jacobs expressed the need for a thorough course of action if rules are not followed. 

“I would look along the lines of what is already not allowed, increase the limitations hopefully at a statewide level, and then use the authority of our Code of Student Conduct to put in place consequences for those students who are violating those,” she said.

When the Florida Legislature convenes in January, at least one member is already pushing a bill to require operators of high-speed versions of the devices hold a license and pushes for other safety measures like collecting and maintaining data on electric scooter and bike accidents.

Under HB 243 filed by Rep. Yvette Benarroch, R-Naples, operators of Class 3 e-bikes, which can go up to 28 miles per hour, would be required to have a learner’s permit or driver’s license. 

I filed this bill because government’s first duty is to protect the people,” Benarroch said, according to the Florida House’s informational page about the bill.  “Freedom comes with responsibility, and when public safety is at risk, we have a duty to act. Guided by the Constitution and common sense, this bill protects lives, preserves liberty, and does what’s right for all Floridians.”

Potential new rules for school campuses are expected to be discussed at a meeting for Orange County principals in January. And Russell is planning a community meeting for parents and students in Winter Park. 

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Tilly Raij is a sophomore at Winter Park High School. Her work has been published in The Community Paper, J Life Magazine and The Wildcat Chronicle. 

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