I started working at Florida High School (as FLVS was called in its early days) in January of 2000.
My interview was short and sweet…three questions. After I answered the questions, I was taken to the office of Julie Young, our first leader and online education pioneer, for a few more questions and the job offer.
I was already an Orange County Public School employee, so I did not have to go through any additional HR training. After a quick training on using Lotus Notes, I was sent to my desk.
There were just 10-15 of us in our small Orlando office shared with OCPS at the time, including Julie Young (Principal), Bruce Friend (Assistant Principal), two registrars (myself included), two IT staff members, a school counselor, bookkeeper, and a few others providing support for course development, instruction, and the organization as whole. We had about 60 total employees including teachers.
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