In their words: Polk County School Board District 4 candidates answer questions. Ledger staff. The Ledger sent the candidates a series of questions about issues facing their office.

Polk County School Board members took turns lauding the district’s longtime attorney, Wes Bridges, during a special meeting Tuesday afternoon. Bridges appeared for a trio of meetings Tuesday ...

Travis Keyes and Marcus “M.J.” Wright Jr., both of Haines City, are running for an open seat on the Polk County School Board in District 2.

LAKELAND, Fla. — The search for the next superintendent of Polk County Public Schools is over. Board members on Tuesday voted unanimously to select Fred Heid, the superintendent at the Community ...

That school district has 21,000 students. Polk County has more than 100,000 students. He referred to his relationship with the seven-member board as “another marriage.” ...