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Jack Evans

St. Petersburg, FL, USA

Breaking News Reporter at Tampa Bay Times

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  • Mar 11, 2025 | georgetowner.com | Jack Evans

    Washington, D.C., has long prided itself on fiscal responsibility, strong economic growth and balanced budgets. Over the past two decades, our city has transformed from a jurisdiction on the brink of financial collapse into one with a robust reserve fund, a thriving business sector and an expanding tax base. However, as we look ahead, dark financial clouds are forming.

  • Jan 23, 2025 | tampabay.com | Jack Evans

    TAMPA — When Hillsborough County’s Teacher of the Year accepted that award Thursday night, he talked about everyone but himself — which, he said, explained everything. “I consider us to be the sum of what we’ve been exposed to and what we’ve experienced,” Henry Bryson, a history teacher at Leto High School, said.

  • Jan 17, 2025 | tampabeacon.com | Jack Evans

    Over the past two years, the Hillsborough County School Board has closed a half-dozen schools as part of its redrawing of school boundaries. Many of them had received low grades from the state for years, and all were under-attended, a symptom of the lopsided enrollment numbers — largely caused by Florida’s school-choice push — that led the district to redesign those boundaries. But all of the schools are still owned by the district.

  • Jan 15, 2025 | tampabay.com | Jack Evans

    Over the past two years, the Hillsborough County School Board has closed a half-dozen schools as part of its redrawing of school boundaries. Many of them had received low grades from the state for years, and all were under-attended, a symptom of the lopsided enrollment numbers — largely caused by Florida’s school-choice push — that led the district to redesign those boundaries. But all of the schools are still owned by the district.

  • Jan 14, 2025 | tampabay.com | Jack Evans

    Two Hillsborough County schools will have new principals starting next week after school board members confirmed their appointments Tuesday. Sarah Caldwell will be the new principal at Walker Middle School in Odessa. Caldwell, 42, was previously an assistant principal at Hammond Elementary. She was also an assistant principal at Walker from 2018 to 2023. She has worked for the school district since 2010. Michelle Perez will take over as principal at Morgan Woods Elementary School in Town ‘N’ Country.

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Jack Evans
Jack Evans @JackHEvans
31 Jan 25

today is my last day at the Tampa Bay Times. I've been there almost seven years and it's been wonderful. next week I move to Asheville, NC, to work as an investigative reporter at @AvlWatchdog, a nonprofit newsroom doing really great work. now going back to not posting. thanks!

Jack Evans
Jack Evans @JackHEvans
21 Sep 23

RT @lmower3: Sad news out of Tallahassee: Legendary @TB_Times journalist Lucy Morgan died. A fierce reporter, she loved being underestima…

Jack Evans
Jack Evans @JackHEvans
12 Sep 23

RT @jeremypgordon: Jokes aside — love seeing them, think they're mostly pretty good, keep it up everyone — doesn't feel great to see "full-…