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2 High School Grads Achieve Perfect Attendance K-12

The Polk County Public Schools District will honor two recent high school graduates who had perfect attendance every school year.

Two recent Polk County high school graduates will receive recognition in Lakeland June 8 for their perfect attendance school records.
Two recent Polk County high school graduates will receive recognition in Lakeland June 8 for their perfect attendance school records. (Polk County Public Schools District )

POLK COUNTY, FL —Two Polk County high school graduates will be honored for never missing a day of school during their K-12 school years.

Kamryn Cribbs and Logan Duncan will be recognized at the Polk County School Board meeting Tuesday, June 8. Cribbs recently graduated Bartow High, and she will continue her education at Polk State College. She plans to eventually transfer to a university to study law.

“I feel like if you can go to school every day, you should,” said Cribbs. “I was able to maintain my attendance because of my love for school and wanting to be there.”

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Kamyrn Cribbs, a Bartow High graduate achieved perfect attendance throughout her K-12 school years. (Polk County Public School Districts)

Duncan is a graduate of International Baccalaureate at Bartow High. He will attend the University of South Florida to earn a degree in business and then plans to attend law school.

Duncan said he is proud of his perfect attendance accomplishment and his dedication to showing up every day for 13 years straight.

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Logan Duncan will attend the University of South Florida and major in business before going to law school. (Polk County Public Schools District)

“I also feel like working to achieve this milestone instilled a sense of how important showing up truly is,” he said. “I’ll carry that with me throughout the rest of my life. To be able to maintain this throughout my school career took a lot of perseverance.”

The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at the Jim Miles Professional Development Center, 4270 Wallace Road in Lakeland. The meeting will also be broadcast live via the district’s YouTube channel: (youtube.com/polkcountypublicschools).

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