Polk County Public Schools
The International Music Products Association Foundation, also known as the NAMM Foundation, named Polk County as one of the best 110 school districts nationally for music education. For nine years, the NAMM Foundation has released its list titled “Best Communities for Music Education.” The 2008 list includes school districts from 29 states. Brevard and Hillsborough made the list from Florida along with Polk. Districts were measured according to music program support, curriculum, funding, student enrollment in music programs, student-teacher ratio and other relevant factors in communities’ music education programs. Visit http://www.namm.org/press-room/news/news-releases/2008April29a to learn more. Information: Frank Howes, Polk Public Schools fine arts department, (863) 647-4727.
]The Black Collegian Magazine has ranked Polk Public Schools as one of its top 100 employers for the graduating class of 2008 from colleges and universities. Polk County Public Schools is ranked 55th of 100 top employers. Also making the list were IBM (ranked 4th), Proctor & Gamble (ranked 33rd) and Owens Corning (ranked 88th).
According to the magazine, The Top 100 Employers List is based on the hiring projections of America’s largest employers. The Black Collegian Magazine conducts an annual survey to determine the most active recruiters of college seniors for entry-level jobs. Employers were asked the number of projected hires from on-campus recruiting, the number of campuses they recruit on and the top majors they are recruiting.
Other education entities included on the Black Collegian Magazine list were:
Gwinnett Public Schools (Georgia)- ranked 12th
Los Angeles Unified School District(California) – ranked 13th
Baltimore City Public School System (Maryland) – ranked 26th
Union County Public Schools (North Carolina) – ranked 31st
Harford County Public Schools (Maryland) – ranked 49th
Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) – ranked 57th
Jersey City Public Schools (New Jersey) –ranked 63rd
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Maryland) – ranked 68th
Fort Wayne Community Schools (Indiana) –ranked 72nd
Auburn City Schools (Alabama) – ranked 83rd
Central Michigan University – ranked 97th
The article about the top 100 employers appeared in the magazine’s second semester 2008 issue. Visit http://www.black-collegian.com/top100/release/press_release.htm
to learn more.
Information: Ron Ciranna or Annissa Wilfalk, Polk Public Schools human resource services department, (863) 534-0729.