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

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

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 ...

The school grades are collected from state assessment results and student progress to provide a snapshot of the school's overall performance.

Property Appraiser Neil Combee has warned that the county will lose tax revenue with no commitment from developers "to reduce ...

The big story: School districts and other organizations that serve children continued to assess the impact of the Trump ...

DAVENPORT, Fla. — Some schools in the Bay area have been experiencing ongoing air conditioning issues. The Polk County Public School district and the Polk Education Association (PEA) met face-to ...

All the data can be found at the FLDOE’s 2025 Florida Assessment of Student Thinking and B.E.S.T. Assessments page. For English Language Arts (ELA) and Math, school/county performance is measured as ...

With Mahmoud vs. Taylor, a Maryland case, the court backed efforts in Florida and elsewhere to grant parents more ability for ...

Officials say 'Alligator Alcatraz' is ready to withstand hurricane season, but tents leaked after one rainstorm ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. - Lake Wales High School will be implementing a new safety measure this upcoming school year. A pair of ...

The new school, at a former Polk Public Schools site that's been vacant since 2021, will be McKeel's third elementary academy, and fourth school overall.