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Polk County Public Schools set to refine policy on responding to book challenges
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPolk County Public Schools is considering a new policy on handling challenges to books held in...
Polk County Public Schools statement on hiring of superintendent and senior employee
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHere is the full statement released by Polk County Public Schools: On Friday (July 8), a blog post...
Absences rising in Polk County schools from COVID-19, flu. What you should know to be safe
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn Monday, nearly half of Polk County schools reported at least 5% student absences due to...
At fiery meeting, Polk County School Board eliminates the reading of proclamations
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAn unedited video of Tuesday’s raucous Polk County School Board meeting in which the board debated...
School Board delays decision to select land for new Polk County high school
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhat started as a work session item to buy land along Lake Hatchineha Road for a school, has...
'Staff are burning up': Polk teachers union files grievance over faulty air conditioning
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIt’s too hot to teach in “sweltering” Polk County school classrooms, the county's teachers union...
Polk School Board candidate faces Florida Bar probe
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSara Jones, a lawyer and a candidate for the Polk County School Board, is facing an investigation over what she says was an unintentional series of...
Polk County Schools selects district's Teacher of the Year
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPolk County Public Schools announced on Wednesday the district’s winners for its 2023 teacher and...
'They want to erase history': Challenges abound as Polk schools interpret book rules
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKristina Thorwegen pulled 60 books considered high school level from her classroom shelves after an...
Conservative group trying to ban 16 books from Polk Schools, calling them pornographic
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBARTOW – Polk County Public Schools Regional Assistant Superintendent John Hill and several of his...