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LAKELAND  Polk County Public Schools are in negotiations with the Florida Department of Health’s Polk County office to put school district employees who are 65 or older near the front of the vaccination line. 
“We did have some brief conversations about rolling out shots,” Deputy Superintendent John Hill said at Tuesday s School Board workshop in response to a question from School Board member Sarah Fortney. Hill said that he and Associate Superintendent for Human Resources Teddra Porteous were planning to reach out to Polk County s Department of Health Director Dr. Joy Jackson to negotiate a shot schedule for district employees.  ....

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