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Locals Say NIMBY to Planned Suburban Development near Masterpiece Road in Lake Wales by James Coulter Near Masterpiece and Timberlane Road lies nearly 20 acres of virgin natural Florida scrubland, home to eagles and other native species. That land may soon become home to new suburban housing. However, such a…
Parents are taking their frustrations out on members of the Cupertino Union School District Board of Education, organizing a recall effort targeting three board members who voted recently to close
Next fiscal year’s funding for budgeted expenses, which begins July 1, from the Florida Education Finance Program, along with transfers to this year’s general fund and a balance the district is required to carry, is $959.3 million. The 2020-2021 total budgeted expenses were $933 million. For the first time in more than a decade — and after several years of begging by School Board member Lynn Wilson and school district lobbyist Wendy Dodge — the Florida Legislature did not roll back the millage tax rate amount Polk County Public Schools is required to con...
LAKELAND — A curious man, donning green shorts, a yellow fishing shirt, white beard and a camouflage hat with a Confederate flag, sat in the front row of Tuesday evening’s Polk County School Board meeting. For those who attend regularly, his was a new face — clearly seen because he wasn’t wearing the face mask school district officials require for those entering the building. People sitting six feet away from others, like School Board members do, can take them off once they are seated. This man had pulled his chair over to sit next to a woman he brought with him.
The Polk School Board decided to vote on its mask mandate policy on June 8 so the new superintendent, Frederick Heid, can take part in the discussion.