Assistant Metro Editor / Tampa Bay Times (Education, Clearwater)
St. Petersburg, FL
Joined August 2012
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“This College Board, like, nobody elected them to anything,” DeSantis said. “They are just kind of there, and they provide a service and so you can either utilize those services or not.”
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Meanwhile at @NewCollegeofFL, trustees agreed to pay @richardcorcoran $699K to be interim president. His predecessor was paid $305K. via @divyadivyadivya
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UPDATED: “I think that would really put the students of Florida at a disadvantage,” @pascoschools senior Stella Tucker said. She suggested officials should talk to students. "They’re the ones who would really be affected by all this.”
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NEW: College Board blasts @educationFL, @GovRonDeSantis over continued criticism of AP African American studies course in Saturday night letter it said couldn't wait.
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Should Florida middle and high schoolers get more sleep before school? A proposal in the state House would require it.
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“My intent in proposing the public records exemption was that they would always propose multiple candidates,” said @JeffreyBrandes, the law's co-sponsor.
UF’s presidential search was not done as Florida law intended, lawmaker says. via @divyadivyadivya tampabay.com/news/education/…
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There are 442,259 living in zones under mandatory evacuation in Pinellas County
As of Tues afternoon, 706 people checked in 3 county shelters. Pinellas didn’t let media inside due to “privacy” but let me talk to folks in parking lot and animal section at Largo High
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We rarely get such a direct view into how Scientology inserts itself in land deals as these city emails show
Scientology asked a developer to move his affordable housing. He abandoned it entirely and declined to answer if the church paid him
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With their blue pen signatures, @pascoschools and the teachers union have a tentative pay agreement after 8 months of talks. It includes 4% one time supplements across the board.
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Florida is set to get a new education commissioner. What's he all about? That story, plus the latest on math textbooks, social-emotional learning and more, in today's @TB_Times Florida education news roundup.
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It's happening. Representatives from Pinellas teachers union, school district are signing their tentative contract agreement. Plan to bring it to the School Board on 4-12 after teachers vote. 3.25% average raises.
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About 100+ @my_pcs Lakewood HS students are chanting "gay is ok" in a walkout to oppose Florida's #DontSayGay bill. It's happening around the state. Story to come.
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Super sad news out of #Clearwater. Farewell to Winter the 🐬 @JackHEvans @TroMcManus @TB_Times tampabay.com/life-culture/20…
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Shortages in staff, supplies have Florida schools scrambling for solutions — even in the lunch line. Get the latest on that story plus more Florida education news in today's @TB_Times roundup.
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For @TB_Times, I profiled @DrCarleeSimon, who, as the superintendent of Florida's Alachua County schools, has found herself at the middle of the nationally monitored battle over whether kids should be required to wear masks in schools: tampabay.com/news/education/…
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'WE CAN DANCE!!!!!" Pasco schools prepare to hold homecoming dances after district lifts ban.
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A new TikTok craze is taking Florida schools by storm, and school leaders aren't happy about it. Get that story, plus the latest court ruling on Florida school mask rules and more, in today's @TB_Times education roundup.
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Florida schools can keep enforcing their mask rules for now. Get the latest on the newest court ruling, plus more education news, in today's @TB_Times roundup.
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FL Rep. Chris Latvala called out fellow Republican, Pinellas County Commission chairperson Dave Eggers, yesterday on the redistricting board not being streamed.
When asked by the @TB_Times, he didn't rule out that he'd run against Eggers next year.
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