{"id":53401,"date":"2025-01-15T01:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=53401"},"modified":"2025-01-15T01:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:35:51","slug":"polk-county-public-schools-has-begun-accepting-school-choice-applications-for-the-upcoming-2025-26-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/01\/15\/polk-county-public-schools-has-begun-accepting-school-choice-applications-for-the-upcoming-2025-26-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Public Schools has begun accepting school choice applications for the upcoming 2025-26 school year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is an opportunity for families to apply for their students to attend a variety of PCPS programs, including\u00a0magnet\/choice schools<\/a>,\u00a0career academies<\/a>\u00a0(middle and high school),\u00a0International Baccalaureate<\/a>\u00a0(high school), and\u00a0Cambridge<\/a>\u00a0(high school).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Families must submit their applications online via\u00a0Parent Portal<\/a>\u00a0during the application window from Jan. 13 to Feb. 21. All applications are chosen based on a lottery system (with the exception of high school IB\/Cambridge, which has academic requirements).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PCPS is hosting a series of School Choice Showcases to give families a chance to explore their school options. Each showcase will highlight the options available at PCPS schools in the surrounding community. Visit our\u00a0School Showcase page<\/a>\u00a0for dates, times, and locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important note: Harrison School for the Art\u2019s application window is different due to the timing of their audition process. The application window is currently open and closes on January 8. All information can be found at harrisonarts.com\/apply<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no guarantee of acceptance to any program, but families can enter their students into a lottery for dozens of Polk County Public Schools magnet programs and career academies. Options include agriculture, business management, culinary arts, criminal justice, firefighting, military careers, veterinary science and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is an opportunity for families to apply for their students to attend a variety of PCPS programs, including\u00a0magnet\/choice schools,\u00a0career academies\u00a0(middle and high school),\u00a0International Baccalaureate\u00a0(high school), and\u00a0Cambridge\u00a0(high school). Families must… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53403,"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":"26","_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":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDFcL3NjaG9vbC1jaG9pY2UtcG5nLndlYnA_Zml0PTYzNCUyQzM0MyZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6IlBvbGsgQ291bnR5IFB1YmxpYyBTY2hvb2xzIGhhcyBiZWd1biBhY2NlcHRpbmcgc2Nob29sIGNob2ljZSBhcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMgZm9yIHRoZSB1cGNvbWluZyAyMDI1LTI2IHNjaG9vbCB5ZWFyIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJoaWdod2F5IiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.c0G6rsZgmw5y2Zc6FJZ9rbVopQFVQLuvXBc8qkceXGsMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":53403,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/school-choice-png.webp","type":"image\/png"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[10769],"class_list":["post-53401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-schools","tag-polk-county-public-schools-has-begun-accepting-school-choice-applications-for-the-upcoming-2025-26-school-year"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53401","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53404,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53401\/revisions\/53404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}