Polk County Public Schools, Students
The Mission of Workforce Education is to educate students to be responsible, productive, competent contributors to the workforce.
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Career academies are small, personalized learning communities within a high school that select a subset of students and teachers. Students enter the academy through a voluntary process; they must apply and be accepted with parental knowledge and support.
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If you plan to pursue a GED, there are two testing sites in Polk County that are directly associated with Polk County Schools. In Lakeland, the West Area Adult School at 604 South Central Avenue can help you, while the East Area Adult School at 300 East Bridgers Avenue in Auburndale serves Auburndale/ Winter Haven/Haines City GED applicants.
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We work closely with the four adult schools in Polk County.
Staff members at 20 schools and a school based enterprise at one high school conducted interviews of graduates from the 22 schools covered by this follow-up survey. Interviewers and the school based enterprise were paid with grant funds to conduct those calls during evening hours and on weekends.
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The purpose of the Farm Worker Jobs and Education Program is to assist migrant and seasonal farm workers that want to leave agriculture, or stabilize farmworkers who choose to stay in farmwork. The goal is to improve the lifestyle for migrant and seasonal farmworkers requesting assistance.
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Tech Prep's purpose is to prepare students to enter and succeed in a career.