Robinson, State Board Back Down – Polk Gets its Own Charter Schools
The curious opposition against Polk county schools desire to open its own at-risk charter schools ended yesterday. Writes Merissa Green in the Lakeland Ledger:
BARTOW | The Polk County School District got the go-ahead today to open six charter schools for at-risk students.
Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson told The Ledger that the Board of Education and his department have approved giving the identification numbers the School District needed.
“We’re very interested in seeing how everything evolves,” Robinson said. ‘‘The FLDOE looks
