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

Polk County Public Schools announced new principals at three high schools, 14 elementary schools, a traditional middle school and a magnet.

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

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

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County Schools face a nearly $21 million cut in funding amid a federal funding freeze. Fiscal ...

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

Records from Polk County Public Schools showed a rise of 69.2% in battery toward staff during the 2024-2025 school year.

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 ‘A’. It really is so arbitrary because the ...

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 ...

Students at 19 public schools in Polk County will return in August to find new principals.. That is actually fewer than in 2024, when 20 schools received newly assigned leaders. Five of this year ...