Mike Armbruster has the experience, vision and compassion to lead OCPS through this most challenging time in public education.
Mike Armbruster is a bridge builder who is focused on bringing people together to collaborate and problem solve for our community’s children.
His dedication to educational excellence and expanded opportunities for students in this transitional time makes him the right choice in the right place at the right time to lead OCPS to be the One Choice People Select.
After more than 36 years serving Orange County Public Schools as a teacher, coach, principal, and deputy superintendent, Dr. Mike Armbruster is running for Orange County School Board Chair to help unite our community around one goal:
Ensuring every student succeeds.
Education is changing, and Orange County Schools has the opportunity to lead the nation by bringing schools, families, businesses, and community partners together as never before.
Together, we can make OCPS the One Choice People Select.
Meet Dr. Mike Armbruster
Mike’s Story…
As a “military brat” I attended 8 schools in 12 years. I was born in England to an English mom and a US Air Force dad from Pennsylvania.
My educational journey included 4 tours in England (my birthplace), and one tour each in Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts, with my last school being West Orange HS my senior year after my dad retired.
I had two older brothers who stayed in England, married and raised their families. At the time, it was often difficult to make those moves, but years later I came to realize that all that moving also made me much of who I am.
The constant uprooting gave me the ability to take change in stride, to meet new people, to learn to quickly adapt to almost any circumstance and to appreciate people of all backgrounds and beliefs.