Marketing, Public Relations, and Recruiting

It is the goal of the Office of Marketing, Public Relations, and Recruiting to develop, implement, and maintain a cohesive branding strategy that streamlines district communications across all platforms, translate district initiatives into a positive culture among our students, parents, employees, and the community, attract a highly-qualified workforce, and serve the mission and vision of Polk School District.

District Culture

Polk School District is dedicated to promoting a positive culture within our schools and throughout the Polk County community. We stand firm in the belief that the development and growth of positive relationships among all stakeholders (students, parents, teachers, administrators, community partners, etc.) is essential in serving the families of Polk County.

2024-2025 Theme Schedule

Let's Communicate

Website: The website is our primary hub of communication. We post alerts during a crisis, regular news items as well as calendars, and parent, student, and staff resources.

Social media: Stay updated on the latest news and happenings in the district on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

Social media comment moderation guidelines: Social media is a great way for our community to stay in touch. The PSD Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages are maintained to share school district information with parents, students and staff and to engage with our community. We welcome your comments, thoughts and feedback. However, we reserve the right to hide comments that:
- Portray conduct that it against the law or advocating illegal activity
- Include personal attacks or threats against an individual or school
- Include obscene or threatening language
- Defamation
- Promotes illegal discrimination
- Malware links
- Copyright violations
- Are spam or contain advertising for a service, product, individual or business unrelated to the post or responsive to other comments
  
  Please note: We only hide posts or comments that meet the criteria above. Other comments may be hidden by Facebook, Instagram or Twitter independent of PSD. If you would like to report an inappropriate comment for us to review, please email mcarter@polk.k12.ga.us.
Emails, Phone Calls, and Text Messages: Polk School District uses Apptegy (Thrillshare) as our Mass Communications notification system. Notifications are about district or school information including school closures, early releases, emergency situations, etc. Contact your school to ensure your information is current in PowerSchool to receive emails, phone calls, and text messages.
All automated PSD and school phone calls come from one main number: 501-712-2633.

Media news releases and announcements to local media outlets
Accessibility: PSD is committed to ensuring all information on the website and through other communication tools is accessible to everyone. We are continuously working on making PSD web pages and information accessible in an effort to meet or exceed accessibility standards. If you have difficulty accessing information from the PSD website or would like information in an alternative format, please contact mcarter@polk.k12.ga.us.