Since the Trump administration opened up schools to immigration enforcement, families are concerned what can happen to their ...

Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 ...

The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

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

Among his proposals, DeSantis calls for an additional $246 million toward teacher pay, as part of a yearslong effort to improve starting salaries above $47,500. District also can use a portion of the ...

Online applications are now open for free Head Start, voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) and special needs preschool programs in Polk County Public Schools.

The proposal from Fortress Secured LLC set a total project cost of $182.2 million and a construction timeline of 22 months ...

The district says it currently has nearly 800 students and more than 60 staff members with reported illnesses.

With millions of federal dollars flowing into Florida schools and universities, for projects ranging from early education through post-doctoral research, leaders scrambled to figure out what exactly ...

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

According to Polk County Public Schools, free lunch and after-school programs were operating as normal. The United Way of Central Florida was surveying partners as of Wednesday morning to learn more ...