The district and the union agreed on a contract that includes a $25 million pay package, the largest single salary increase in PCPS history.

Doctors concerned about drop in childhood vaccination rates in Polk County and across Florida Heid that he is still trying to determine why the district staff did not execute the board’s decision to ...

The Polk School District Board of Education voted Tuesday afternoon to accept the resignation of Superintendent Katie Thomas ...

The Polk County School Board has not yet discussed the ... whose union covers 70% of district employees, said the district is offering a pot of $20.2 million to be divided among union members.

Polk County Schools Superintendent ... from Level 1 to Level 2, which entails fingerprinting for criminal background checks. During Tuesday’s School Board work session, Heid said that not ...

Educators in Polk County are getting a historic raise after eight months of bargaining between the school district and teachers union.

Polk County Public Schools ... But the state granted the district’s application for a one-year extension at a recent meeting, Heid told School Board members at Tuesday’s work session.

LAKELAND ― It was a sensational day for Polk County girls wrestlers who competed in the FHSAA girls wrestling Class 1A, District ... High School freshman Saniyah Eastmond (2-9, third).