The increased fee only applies to volunteers whose activities involve contact with students out of sight of a district staff ...

Doctors concerned about drop in childhood vaccination rates in Polk County and across Florida Heid that he is still trying to ...

Big Brothers Big Sisters mentorship program is having a big impact on students in Polk County schools, but it is in urgent ...

Polk County Public Schools signed a contract last year with Verra Mobility Corp. to install cameras on its approximately 500 ...

The Georgia school district says that more than 10% of students at each of its schools is sick from the flu or norovirus.

Florida Southern College is proud to announce that Polk County's 2024 Teacher of the Year, Cynara Appling, has been awarded a ...

Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide ...

Polk County Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid offered ... The law, passed unanimously by the Florida Legislature in 2023, elevates the screening of volunteers from Level 1 to Level 2, which ...

Polk County Public Schools installed cameras on all buses ... drop in childhood vaccination rates in Polk County and across Florida As the sheriff explained, the law does not apply to vehicles ...