Eatonville’s town council on Thursday urged the Orange County School Board to delay a planned vote on selling the historic Hungerford property, signaling members’ disapproval of a landmark deal announced earlier in the week.

The school board is set to consider on Tuesday a $1 million down payment for the land — a 117-acre plot along Interstate 4 and a gateway to the town — from Dr. Phillips Charities as part of a deal largely coordinated by Eatonville Mayor Angie Gardner. The deal would have Dr. Phillips help develop the land with housing, educational facilities, medical facilities and parks but then donate some of the property to the town.

The district, Dr. Phillips Charities, and Gardner announced the proposed deal Tuesday.

Thursday evening, in a two-hour-long, standing-room-only sp

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