A major federal funding freeze is impacting school districts around the country, and here in Florida, the federal government is freezing $6.8 billion.

Polk County Public Schools earned a long-sought B grade from the Florida Department of Education in results released Monday. ...

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

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

Frank Marasco, who has been serving as the interim county administrator for nearly six months, was formally appointed to a three-year term on Tuesday by a 3-2 vote.

Geary County Schools USD 475 announced that it has partnered with ParentSquare for the 2025-26 school year to deliver all district and school-level communication.

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

DeSantis vetoed an allotment of $700,000 for the replacement of Polk County Public Schools’ health clinic in East Polk County. In her request, Tomkow wrote that the district’s current lease ...

Repeat Lake Wales Offender “Spark-s” Trouble, Apprehended By Polk County Deputies Liz Shultz - Local BN June 28, 2025 2:01 pm Teddy Wayne Sparks Jr.

LAKELAND, Fla. – A Lakeland man was arrested Friday by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office after an eagle-eyed Polk County School Board (PCSB) employee spotted a PCSB-owned iPad for sale on Facebook ...