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BARTOW The Polk County School Board, along with district staff, have a message for voters: “Thank you for renewing the half-cent sales tax in November 2018!”
Without the 15-year tax, they say the school district could not afford to build new schools, modernize old ones and do much-needed improvements on others. The initiative passed 68% to 32%.
As part of the district’s plan to keep people apprised of what the tax is paying for, on Tuesday, Assistant Superintendent for Facilities and Operations Angela Usher, along with Robert Kincart, founder and president of A-C-T Environmental & Infrastructure and a member of the Sales Tax citizens oversight committee, told the School Board what they have been able to accomplish in the past two years.
Bartow Middle School teacher Liquindella Clark was taken into custody Friday
Authorities said the sixth grade math teacher confronted a student involved in an altercation with her child at a Bartow High School basketball game
The altercation spilled over to a nearby McDonald s where Clark allegedly waited in a parking lot for the teen girl and her friends to exit the restaurant
Once outside, Clark allegedly punched the girl and removed her wig before hitting another teenager in the head
She now faces child abuse charges and has been put on administrative leave