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Noel and Lilly Serrano of Lakeland graduated in the top five among 390 seniors from Digital Academy of Florida, a statewide online school.

Polk County Schools sent an e-mail to staff. In it, they were notified that a "stakeholder group" had raised concerns about certain books.

Virtual, E-School attendance dips as spring semester starts for some Bay Area districts Virtual, E-School attendance dips as spring semester starts for some Bay Area districts and last updated 2021-01-22 07:47:01-05 As we rebound amid the pandemic, many students are making the switch from distance learning to face-to-face learning. We asked five local school districts to provide us enrollment data from Fall 2020 and Spring 2020. Four districts responded, as well as Florida Virtual School that's been at the forefront of online education in the state for almost 25 years. The largest decrease in...

In-person learning increasing at Polk schools, with more on the way BARTOW — Polk County has seen the number of pediatric COVID patients rise by 356 in five days, from a total of 4,427 children younger than 18 contracting the virus by Jan. 5 to 4,783 reported on Jan. 10 — the first week back from winter break. The increase comes as more students opt to return to on-campus learning. Records provided by Polk County Public Schools show there was an increase last week in the number of students whose parents opted to send them to on-campus school to 72,958 students, up from�...

/ K-12 schools across the greater Tampa Bay region have made some adjustments to their policies on coronavirus since the start of the school year. When schools reopen in January, masks will still be required, and remote learning will remain an option across Florida. But some school districts now require shorter quarantines, in line with recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More children are expected in the classroom, with fewer learning remotely, compared to when the school year began in August. Some schools have made efforts to reduce the number of ...