BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) – Members of the Polk County School Board meet to discuss a proposed rezoning plan, Tuesday. They’re launching a comprehensive plan to set new boundaries for all county high schools.
District leaders say several high schools in the county are overcapacity, including Ridge Community, George Jenkins, Lake Gibson, Davenport, Winter Haven and Haines City. According to recent data released by the district, Haines City High School is at 127% capacity while Teneroc High School is at just 62% capacity.
Stephanie Yocum, president of the Polk Education Association explained, “You have to be able to alleviate those outskirts of those zones into Tenoroc or into Lake Region to make sure that we’re fully utilizing those buildings and then give relief to those other schools…