serving parramore since 2019
The Parramore Education and Innovation District (PEID) was formally established in 2019 to assure that residents of downtown Orlando, Florida, neighborhoods have equitable access to quality education, and to the tools and processes for using education to advance economic mobility. PEID was envisioned as a generation’s long effort, and we work towards progress through: Innovation, Partnership, and Evidence.
parramore is a high-potential, historic african american community located just west of downtown orlando.
Parramore residents display a palpable pride in the community’s rich history, resiliency, and collective commitment to progress.
our mission
To strengthen a community-centered educational ecosystem that leverages collective decision-making to ensure that every individual in Parramore excels from cradle to career.
our vision
That every individual in the Parramore community will attain a postsecondary credential.
peid news & updates
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The calm room is designed based on the four zones of regulation curriculum, which is approved by the district. I selected this curriculum because during my first year as a teacher, I noticed that a lot of my students didn’t know how to articulate what they were feeling.
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On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, the Parramore Education & Innovation District celebrated three years of collaboration working toward the shared vision that everyone in Parramore will have the opportunity to earn a post-secondary credential.
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On June 23, 2021, PEID partnered with UCF Downtown and Valencia College Downtown to host 50 incoming 9th grade students in the ELEVATE Orlando program and from OCPS ACE K-8 School for a UCF/Valencia Downtown campus tour.
“Thanks to wonderful collaboration with the Parramore Education and Innovation District, the Downtown Campus has been able to multiply the reach and expansion of the relationship we share with the Parramore and downtown community. I am encouraged to know that we share a passion to bring the resources of the Downtown Campus to the community in a way that is impactful and beneficial.”
ELIZABETH R. THOMPSON, DIRECTOR
Downtown Campus Community Engagement
UCF-Valencia Downtown