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==Education== [[File:Bartow High School SI01.jpg|thumb|right|alt= an old two story brick building with an orange doors and blue banners|The Summerlin Building at Bartow High School]] {{See also|List of schools in Bartow, Florida}} The schools in Bartow are operated by the [[Polk County School Board]], although several of them predate the establishment of the school board, and were autonomous at one time. [[Bartow High School]], formerly Summerlin Institute, is the oldest high school in the county and one of the oldest high schools in the state of Florida.<ref name="History of Bartow High School"/> In 1923 [[Union Academy (Bartow, Florida)|Union Academy]], became the first African-American high school in Polk County. Court-ordered integration began in Bartow during the fall of 1969, and the former black high school Union Academy became a middle school.<ref name="History of Bartow High School"/> In 1971, Summerlin Institute officially became Bartow High School, a name it had been known as informally at least since the early 1900s. There are currently seven elementary schools and two middle schools which are feeder schools of Bartow High School.<ref name="Guide to Polk, Bartow"/> Located at the campus of Bartow High School is the International Baccalaureate School of Polk County which offers an academically challenging environment and the Summerlin Academy which offers a military-oriented education.<ref name="History of Bartow High School"/> It is expected that the rapid growth of the Clear Springs development will necessitate the building of at least two elementary schools and a middle school within the next twenty years.<ref name="First Phase of Clear Springs To Include 10,000 Homes, Town Center Shopping Area">{{cite web | url = http://clearspringsco.com/first-phase-of-clear-springs-to-include-10000-homes-town-center-shopping-area/ | title = First Phase of Clear Springs To Include 10,000 Homes, Town Center Shopping Area | access-date = 2010-09-10 | publisher = The Polk County Democrat | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101004152955/http://clearspringsco.com/first-phase-of-clear-springs-to-include-10000-homes-town-center-shopping-area/| archive-date= October 4, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> As part of this development, a new [[Polk State College]] campus called The PSC Advanced Technology Center at Clear Springs is projected to open by 2012. This {{convert|20|acre|m2}} campus will be located near the intersection of [[Florida State Road 60|State Road 60]] and 80 Foot Road.<ref name="POLK STATE COLLEGE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER AT CLEAR SPRINGS">{{cite web | url = http://www.polk.edu/businessandcommunity/news/Pages/ConstructionBeginsatClearSprings.aspx | title = Polk state college advanced technology center at clear springs | access-date = 2010-09-24 | publisher = Polk State College | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111211184341/http://polk.edu/businessandcommunity/news/Pages/ConstructionBeginsatClearSprings.aspx | archive-date = December 11, 2011 }}</ref> While there are currently no colleges or universities in Bartow, there are several within a {{convert|20|mi|0|abbr=on}} radius of Bartow. The nearest university, [[University of South Florida Polytechnic]] is located {{convert|6|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of city limits in Lakeland on a joint campus with [[Polk State College]]. [[Florida Southern College]] and [[Southeastern University (Florida)|Southeastern University]] are also located in Lakeland.<ref name="Distance from Bartow to Lakeland">{{cite web | url = http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=Bartow,+Fl&place2=Lakeland,+Florida | title = Distance from Bartow to Lakeland | access-date = 2010-10-17 | publisher = indo.com }}</ref> [[Warner University]] is located to the east in Lake Wales.<ref name="Distance from Bartow to Lake Wales"/>
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