Legislative disbursement changes have diverted $45.7 million from the district, and Trump's freeze on education funds puts ...

Fourteen schools run by the district improved their grades in 2024-25, including five that improved from a D to a C. None of ...

Another local school district is sounding the alarm about a current federal funding freeze that’s keeping almost $400 million ...

The state could arbitrarily move these benchmarks next year and then all of a sudden, Polk could be a ‘D’ or Polk could be an ...

The Polk County School Board District 3 race already has three candidates. Incumbent Rick Nolte is on medical leave and has ...

Students in Polk County’s public schools improved in 24 of 36 categories on standardized subject matter tests for the ...

Polk County public school students improved in 24 of 36 categories on the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking tests in 2024-25, according to results released by the FDOE in late June.

Polk County Public Schools hasn't raised ticket prices for high school football games since 2011. That's changing this coming ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 ...

Related video: Polk County officials to give update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County schools are set to reopen Wednesday after Hurricane Milton, the county ...