Teacher At Land O’ Lakes Charter School Wins State Award

LAND O’LAKES, FL — Lorna Cohen, a charter school teacher in Land O’Lakes, was named a winner of the 2019 Florida Charter Schools Champions Award at the recent Florida Charter School Conference in Orlando.

She is a teacher at Countryside Montessori Charter School, 5852 Ehren Cutoff, Land O’Lakes. The school serves 300 students in grades one through eight.

Cohen won the Champions Award in the category of charter school teacher. The state-level award was one of 23 presented by the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools, the leading charter school membership association in the state.

For the eighth consecutive year, FCPCS received nominations in several categories, including charter school teachers, charter school leaders, charter school governing board members and charter school preferred partners. A new category, “Charter School Innovators,” was added in 2019.

“The Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools is proud to honor so many of our outstanding charter school teachers, leaders, innovators and governing board members,” said Robert Haag, FCPCS president. “They represent the very best individuals who are working as part of the Florida charter school movement.”