Announcements

Polk County Schools released a Request for Proposals to increase our deployment of interactive displays. Interactive Display RFP Proposals must be submitted by 2:00PM on November 12, 2021. If you have any questions, please contact: David ScherpingAssistant Superintendentscherp@polkschools.orgOffice:  828-894-6126Cell Phone:   828-817-2094Read More

The Polk County Board of Education has identified the following surplus property to be sold via sealed bid on November 5, 2021. Surplus ListRead More

At its last regular meeting on September 13, 2021 The Polk County Board of Education voted to call a “Special Meeting” for the purpose of discussing COVID metrics to help establish guidelines for modifying current mitigation efforts like masking. Due to some personal and family issues that impacted several Board Members and scheduling conflicts with...Read More

Polk County Schools released a COVID dashboard to share information about the prevalence of COVID19 in our schools. The dashboard includes daily counts of positive cases and the associated number of quarantines resulting from those events.  This information will be updated regularly and may be adjusted after weekly review.   The dashboard can be accessed...Read More

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has issued revised guidelines for controlling the spread of communicable diseases such as COVID-19 in schools. Control measures are proven, long-standing, and well-established public health practices to prevent the spread of serious communicable diseases, such as measles, pandemic influenza, Ebola, varicella, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS),...Read More

This week, North Carolina plans to begin issuing Summer P-EBT to children who were eligible as of the last month of the 2020-21 school year. Benefits began being issued on July 28 and will stagger over several days into August. Please note that children may still receive the full summer benefit if they were enrolled...Read More

The Polk Count Board of Education will hold a special called meeting on Monday, August 2, 2021.  The meeting will be held in the Polk County Middle School Auditorium.  The Board meeting will begin at approximately 6:30 pm. For additional information about the meeting, please call 828-894-3051.   Read More

Polk County High Schools will be celebrating the Class of 2021 at a Graduation Ceremony on Friday June 11, 2021 at 7:00 PM. The location of the ceremony has changed from GM Tennant Stadium to the Covered Arena at the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC). The address for the new location is: 25 International Boulevard...Read More

Polk County High School hosted the Senior Awards Ceremony on Wednesday June 10, 2021. The video of the ceremony is included below.Read More