{"id":51355,"date":"2024-10-26T13:06:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T17:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=51355"},"modified":"2024-10-26T13:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T17:07:03","slug":"polk-county-schools-announces-hurricane-milton-make-up-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/10\/26\/polk-county-schools-announces-hurricane-milton-make-up-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Schools announces Hurricane Milton make-up dates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County Schools announced make-up dates for Hurricane Milton.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/polk-county-school-bus-via-polk-public-schools___27125752051.webp?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47530\" style=\"width:371px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/polk-county-school-bus-via-polk-public-schools___27125752051.webp?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/polk-county-school-bus-via-polk-public-schools___27125752051.webp?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/polk-county-school-bus-via-polk-public-schools___27125752051.webp?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo ensure that our students receive the necessary instructional time, we have changed six of our previously scheduled half-day\/early dismissal dates to regular school days,\u201d the district said in an announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following dates are now full days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday, Nov. 22, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday, Dec. 20, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday, Jan. 17, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday, Feb. 14, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday, March 14, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday, April 7, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanksgiving, winter and spring breaks are not impacted, the district said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe understand that these calendar changes may require some adjustment on your part. However, it is essential that we maintain our students\u2019 progress and ensure they meet state requirements for instruction,\u201d Superintendent Fred Heid said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heid asked for the support of parents to make sure students attend school those days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTogether, we will overcome these challenges and continue to provide a safe, supportive and productive learning environment for all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polk County Schools announced make-up dates for Hurricane Milton. \u201cTo ensure that our students receive the necessary instructional time, we have changed six of our previously scheduled half-day\/early dismissal dates&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"12","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":47530,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/polk-county-school-bus-via-polk-public-schools___27125752051.webp","type":"image\/webp"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[10168],"class_list":["post-51355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-polk-county-schools-announces-hurricane-milton-make-up-dates"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51356,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51355\/revisions\/51356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}