As city commissioners begin considering allowing more students at a charter school on New Jersey Road, Commissioner Bill Read said constituents are starting to raise concerns about traffic levels on the road after another private school got permission to start classes nearby.
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Change of Command: Q&A with FSC’s Outgoing Provost and His Successor
On May 2, Florida Southern College announced that its provost, or chief academic officer, Dr. Kyle Fedler, would step down from that post to return to a teaching position in the college. Effective Saturday, he will be succeeded as provost and vice president of academic affairs by Dr. Brad Hollingshead, FSC’s dean of the College […]
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SEU President Ingle: Listening Ignites Leadership
Southeastern University’s president talks with The Business Observer about how SEU has grown enrollment 215 percent in eight years and expanded from 30 to 112 satellite campuses in four years. The key is a leadership style based on listening, he says: “Be other-oriented, people-centric. Try to understand where people are coming from. “What are their […]
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Petition Targets Ticket Rationing at Graduations
A remodel of the RP Funding Center’s Jenkins Arena has left fewer seats available for high school commencement ceremonies, and the resulting ticket rationing has led to frustration and an online petition (here) that’s been signed by nearly 4,000 people. Source: The Ledger
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First-Generation College Student Accepted to MIT
Sergio Perez, 17, credits the rigor of jointly working on a high school diploma at Lakeland Collegiate High School and an associate’s degree at Polk State College for his acceptance to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He’s the first in his family to go to college. Source: Bay News 9
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Polk School Bus Attendant Charged With Abuse
A Polk public schools bus attendant, Juanita Tappin, 43, of Lakeland, has been charged with three counts of child abuse and three counts of abused on a disabled adult. The arrest came after a special needs child reported she had been struck en route to Doris A. Sanders Learning Center. Source: Tampa Bay Times
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Baptist College of Florida Plans Lakeland Campus
Saying Lakeland “provides one of the greatest concentrations of strong, active Florida Baptist churches in the state,” the Panhandle-based Baptist College of Florida has announced it plans a second campus in Lakeland. No exact location has been determined, the Dothan Eagle reports. Source: Dothan (Ala.) Eagle
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Polk State May 2 Graduation Sells Out
A full house is anticipated at the RP Funding Center’s George Jenkins Arena next Thursday when 650-plus students participate in Polk State College’s 6:30 p.m. commencement ceremony. The students have claimed their allotment of six tickets each and no more are available, the college said in a news release. The ceremony will be live-streamed. Source: […]
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Alice Hunt Will Lead Florida Poly Foundation Board
Lakeland resident Alice Hunt, who co-founded Hunt Construction with her husband Chuck, was elected chair of the Florida Polytechnic University Foundation Board of Directors. Jack Harrell III, senior vice president at Harrell’s LLC in Lakeland, replaces her as vice chair. Source: Florida Politics
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Troller: City Shouldn’t Pay School Officers’ Salaries
The city of Lakeland plans to hire four more school resource officers to ensure someone is providing security against the possibility of a gunman while the officer usually assigned to the school is investigating a crime on campus or is out sick or on vacation. The city is negotiating with the Polk School Board to […]