Officials with Polk County Schools declined to comment on Polk Virtual School, but did provide options for families, which include: Returning to the home-zoned school Applying to another Polk ...

THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THEY COULDN’T FIND UPDATED MEDICAL PHYSICALS OR SIGNED CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS FOR SOME ATHLETES. THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ...

Sports physicals for all Polk County youth, middle school and high school athletes will be available Friday, May 2, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Polk County High School gymnasium. The event, ...

POLLS CLOSED A LITTLE MORE THAN 2.5 HOURS AGO. THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN POLK COUNTY VOTED ON PHYSICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT TAX LEVY FUNDING. THE VOTE PASSED IN ALL THREE. DALLAS, CENTER-GRIMES ...

Polk County Public Schools offers teachers a starting pay of $47,500. Teachers have left the county to work in higher paying surrounding counties, leaving the district to rely heavily on substitutes.

The number of Polk County students with religious ... for people to opt out of required vaccines for public schools, Faber said. As a county health department, Van Liew said that they are ...

Polk County Schools are shifting to virtual learning while the district deals with a spike in flu and norovirus cases. The county says that more than 10% of the student population at each of its ...

THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WARNING OF A SURGE IN SCHOOL ILLNESSES. IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS 14 COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE SEEING MORE THAN 10% OF STUDENTS OUT SICK.

It was so hot inside the Polk County Fairgrounds building during a summer 2023 meeting about options for the intersection of Highways 22 and Highway 51 that people went outside to cool off.

Jamie Phillips Jr., a student at Winter Haven High School, receives the Silver Garland Award in the Athletics category from Polk County School Superintendent Frederick Heid in April 2024.

Polk County Public Schools will announce the 2024-25 Teacher and School-Related Employee of the Year during the Inspire Awards on Friday in the RP Funding Center in Lakeland. The invitation-only ...

Schools in Polk County and Stayton were placed on lockdown Wednesday after a "generalized threat" was made that turned out not to be credible, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. No specific ...