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Friday, December 12, 2025

Polk State trustees vote to fire longtime professor. He says he's a whistleblower - Lakeland Ledger

(This story was updated to clarify details of a notice Polk State College sent to Bill Caldecutt.)

WINTER HAVEN — In what may be a first for Polk State College, the Board of Trustees has voted to fire a professor on a continuing contract based on a bad performance review.

The board voted 5-2 at a specially called meeting Nov. 17 to follow Polk State President Angela Garcia Falconetti’s recommendation and terminate the contract of Bill Caldecutt, a science professor of 22 years and the longtime Faculty Senate president.



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