School Board of Polk County

5 meetings on our record, 2 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · 111,041 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 8, 2026: Polk school board reviews pharmacy benefits recommendation, new behavior program and teacher pay agreement Play 7:33
Newest meeting we have: Sep 8, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Justin Sharpless, Board Chair · William Allen, Board member · Kay Fields, Board member · Travis L. Keyes, Board Vice-Chair · Lisa Miller, Board member · Kate Wallace, Board member · Sara Beth (Reynolds) Wyatt, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Work session · 2 h 03 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Polk school board reviews pharmacy benefits recommendation, new behavior program and teacher pay agreementSpeakers: William Allen, Travis L. Keyes, Kate Wallace, Sara Beth (Reynolds) Wyatt and 2 more

Work session · 5 h 40 minTuesday, August 25, 2026Polk school board reviews recommended clinic and pharmacy benefit vendors at work sessionAI in schoolsReading and test scoresSpeakers: William Allen, Travis L. Keyes, Kate Wallace, Sara Beth (Reynolds) Wyatt and 2 more

The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 2 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingJustin SharplessBoard Chair · District 6 · shown, not ranked2meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 2 meetings

Members · listed by nameWilliam AllenBoard member · District 13meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 3 meetings · 1 clip Kay FieldsBoard member · District 53meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 3 meetings · 1 clip Travis L. KeyesBoard Vice-Chair · District 22meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 2 meetings Lisa MillerBoard member · District 73meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 3 meetings · 1 clip Kate WallaceBoard member · District 33meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 3 meetings · 1 clip Sara Beth (Reynolds) WyattBoard member · District 44meetings where we identified their voice5clipsnamed at 4 meetings · 5 clips

Meetings on our record

All 5 meetings on our record

Clips

What board members said

There is a very different level of AI that is used in some of our systems for improving processes that is not scraping and creating student data and using it throughout the globe.Sara Beth (Reynolds) WyattBoard member · School Board of Polk CountyWatch the full meeting from 2:05:03

Are we holding the teacher accountable for they have a student with a 40% in their class, but the student was only there 40% of the time?Sara Beth (Reynolds) WyattBoard member · School Board of Polk CountyWatch the full meeting from 3:22:32
Is there any inference we ought to take away when we see some schools losing 100-something kids and other schools gaining, or, you know, some schools losing just a few and others— are there any specific issues that— is there another story that we need to evaluate when we look at that data?Kate WallaceBoard member · School Board of Polk CountyWatch the full meeting from 1:04:13
My question is, when we are looking at utilization and available seats, what's the process as it relates to including leadership of the schools? …Kay FieldsBoard member · School Board of Polk CountyWatch the full meeting from 16:33
I have a few questions. …Lisa MillerBoard member · School Board of Polk CountyWatch the full meeting from 2:11:24

Federal district ID 1201590 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district