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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.
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 ...
Trustees voted 5-1 to approve a new contract for Polk State College President Angela Garcia Falconetti. Only Ashley Bell ...
A college trustee in May had accused President Angela Garcia Falconetti of concealing a drop in enrollment and raised ...
The budget includes $10 million for Polk State College's planned Haines City-Davenport campus and $6.1 million for its ...
Trustee Ashley Bell Barnett accused Polk State President Angela Garcia Falconetti of concealing enrollment numbers and failing to keep her informed.
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools confirmed that their chief financial officer, Thomas Kranz, announced on Tuesday night that he would be resigning from the district effective June 30, 2025.
Representatives of Polk County Schools and WGU say the collaboration reinforces their organizations’ commitment to supporting educators in their professional growth. “This partnership with WGU ...