Orlando, Florida · August 2026
The Robert A. Flanders Athletic and Performing Arts Center opens in Orlando
Central Florida Preparatory School opened the Robert A. Flanders Athletic and Performing Arts Center for the 2026-27 school year. Named for the school's founder, who opened the first campus in a converted warehouse in 1990, the center brings a regulation competition court, new classrooms, a professional culinary kitchen with individual student stations, a music room, and a performing arts stage to the Orlando campus.
The building raises the campus's capacity to 712 students and gives the school's athletics and performing arts programs purpose-built space for the first time. It's the first new building on the campus since the school moved to Apopka in 2020, and the second project Clear Direction's campus development team has delivered there.
About Clear Direction Schools
Clear Direction Schools is a family company that builds and operates independent schools in Florida. Founded in 1990, it works with two schools, Central Florida Preparatory School in Orlando and Crestwell School in Fort Myers, nearly 1,000 students in all, and with other independent schools on acquisitions, management, and campus development. Press and company inquiries: [email protected] or 407-625-6207.
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