ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County cheerleaders and band members are taking the field again for the first time in months after the school district announced they could participate in football games again.Students and families protested earlier this month after Orange County Public Schools initially said they couldn’t take part in the games.
The district’s plans called for all pep rallies, band performances and other staples of Friday night football to be pretaped and played over the loudspeakers and scoreboards during games to help keep attendance down.But now West Orange High School senior and varsity cheerleader Elisabeth Sirois finally got the news she waited for when the district announced they could return to the field during football.