The short version of the story is that there are a lot of transplants from up north who vote against increasing property taxes. As a result, the education system is woeful.
Additionally, the phosphate business which is how a lot of Polk residents make a living, has decreased in recent years.
Ignorance and poverty frequently lead to crime in there you have the recipe for Polk County in a nutshell.
As a result, the education system is woeful.
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You mean like in many major cities in the country where students leave school basically illiterate and unable to figure out how to make change for a dollar bill?
“The short version of the story is that there are a lot of transplants from up north who vote against increasing property taxes. As a result, the education system is woeful.”
All the money in the world cannot fix the public education system. Folks who can”t see the forest for the trees, may think ever increasing property taxes are the answer. Logic says otherwise.