Polk County Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid said that he does not expect Crystal Lake Elementary to need another year to achieve a C grade.

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

Not all volunteers will face an increase in application fees to nearly $100, as it appeared would be the case when Polk County Public Schools issued an announcement in December. The district posted ...

Polk County Public Schools improved its graduation rate by nearly four percentage points last year, but the district remains ... School graduation at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland in May ...

Polk County Public Schools improved its graduation rate by nearly four percentage points last year, but the district remains in the state’s bottom 10. The Florida Department of Education this week ...