Polk scores have consistently lagged behind the state average by about 10 points but show a parallel upward trajectory.
The Polk State College Presidential Search Committee has recommended a single finalist in its search for the college’s sixth president — Anastasios “Stasi” Kamoutsas, Florida’s current commissioner of education.
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