Polk County girls basketball is on the verge of its first conference title since 2005. Here is how chemistry has helped the ...

Polk County health officials say they've seen a "significant increase" in schools with at least 10% of their student body ...

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

The school district said the closures allowed for a deep cleaning after it reported on Thursday that 761 students and 63 ...

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

Polk County Public Health report 14 schools have reported absence rates greater than 10% at least one day this month.

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

Fourteen schools throughout Polk County have reported sick absence rates greater than 10% at least one day so far in January, a "significant increase" compared with last year, according to county ...

Polk County Public Schools has received a one-year extension in its effort to stave off the potential closure of Crystal Lake Elementary School. The Lakeland school is among seven in Polk County ...

Other volunteers only need Level 1 screenings and will only have to pay a $25 application fee, Heid said. Polk County Public Schools said this week that not all school volunteers would be subject ...

Other volunteers only need Level 1 screenings and will only have to pay a $25 application fee, Heid said. Polk County Public Schools has subsidized the cost of the background checks since the adoption ...