Trustees voted 5-1 to approve a new contract for Polk State College President Angela Garcia Falconetti. Only Ashley Bell ...

The Polk County School Board approved raises Tuesday across the district for its educators and support staff, providing starting teachers with $47,500 and a minimum of a 2.25% in pay increases for ...

Among the funds released, Polk County Public Schools received $115.368 million to construct a new 2,500-student high school in Polk County’s Poinciana area, according to a staff analysis by the ...

Polk County Public Schools also announced that Ervie Louis, a paraeducator at Jewett School of the Arts, is the district’s School-Related Employee of the Year.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Some teachers and staff members working for Polk County Public Schools filed a complaint against the school district amid claimed ongoing AC unit issues a day before of the ...

The Polk County School Board voted 6-0 to approve a five-year contract for Superintendent Fred Heid, who will receive base pay of $283,000 a year.

“As the first student day of the 2023-2024 school year is upon us, teachers and staff in Polk County Public Schools should be excited, ...

As COVID-19 activity spikes statewide, Polk County schools are seeing a rise in student and staff absences because of respiratory illnesses. Polk County Health Department officials say over the ...

Immunization reports from the Polk County Health Department show that of the nearly 89,000 students enrolled in Polk County schools for the 2024-25 school year, about 6% — or roughly 5,500 ...

Polk County school leaders said they currently have 761 students and 63 school-level staff members who have reported illnesses. That’s 10% or more of the student population at each school and it ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Recruiters are heading to Puerto Rico to find people interested in living and working in Polk County. Polk County Public Schools needs teachers and school staff.