Marshall thinks her son should be. We needed them to learn. Reporter not at home suspended. Too many kids are out. Reporter during the 2014 school year with 20 20,000 students were suspended around Hillsborough County schools. The number has now dropped by 8 . The change comes one year after School Board Members opted for a administrators from suspending students. Keeping kids in school is what should we should be thinking of as a goal. Simply saying we will suspend kids does not get is the result we are looking for. Reporter Baxter Jenkins is the executive director and hope the district will consider their input. In some places people are doing fine and in other places control because students do not feel there any consequences. Reporter marshall understands the concerns that she thinks the district is at least in the right direction. It is up to the administrators to be creative. Reporter while the number of suspensions is down the gap between minority students and white students rem
Richey neighborhood is the perfect fit. Schools were a big issue for my family and to see my kids thrive in their environment was exactly what we needed. Reporter Jw Mitchell High School sealed the deal. You paid attention to the schools. Reporter that was the most important factor. Reporter rezoning neighborhoods is reality. With the growth in florida will go with a house forever. Reporter this letter was sent to local Real Estate Agents saying it is unfair to allow families to believe the homes they are buying come with a Certain School with the rapid pace of growth. Agents are now adjusting their sales pitch. That was a selling point. Now we have to sit back because we do not know where certain areas will be. I think there is a very few home and not Pay Attention to the area they are living in. Reporter some owners scrambling to sell their houses they somehow the result must pasco county while we found out today housing permits is painting a different picture according to the permit
It was never his intention, he says, and evans says he has tremendous respect for the men and women who serve our country. He says he has very strong emotions regarding some of the many issues that exist in our society today. The apology from mike evans, we went to a vfw post to get reaction. Its a privilege for him to be able to do this in a free country. Show a little respect. A little gratitude for the people that go day and fight for that right for you. I know we all do make mistakes, but that was just uncalledfor. Everybody has a right to their apology. Well just see what he does next game. Reporter in his apology issued today, mike evans says he will work to bring about change by supporting organizations and movements that fight for equal rights for minorities. This sunday he says he will be back to standing with his latvalla from pinellas. He says, thank you, mike evans. Youre quite the young man. Hope to have the opportunity to meet you someday. Go bucs he made headlines saying
Tampa bay. Good afternoon, im laura harris. And im paul lagrone, lets get to the breaking news, a toddler shot in tampa. Isabel rosales is live near the housing, how is the child doing . Reporter i just spoke with the mother, she showed me a picture of the daughter tells me her daughter will be okay. We were right in front of the crime scene where this happened wanting to bring you a closer look but we had to leave the area. The neighbors were not happy to have media around, police moved us for safety, as we speak officers are looking for those responsible, let me walk you through what happened, the father who was outside ran into his home when men started turning him, that is when they casings at least, a few bullets went to the door bouncing back and hitting the 20 month of old in the leg. Inside everyone else was unharmed, she went to st. Josephs doctors expect her to fully recover, neighbors feel unsafe Walking Around the resident council. They want the city to step up to add light
Feel unsafe. The Resident Council president says it is the city that needs to step up, they need to add more lighting and they want private Security Company to patrol the area. From tampa Isabel Rosales abc action news. People who live near this massive home say they are grateful the flames did not spread to other homes. You can see the fire leveled a large leaving mostly charred rubble behind. Firefighters say the home is in such a remote part of Hillsborough County they had to pump water out of a nearby pond to fight the flames, the family who lived in the home kept to themselves. No matter the size whether it is small and humble, it is easy. Firefighters say no one was injured in the fire. Mike evans says he has felt the backlash following his decision to sit during the National Anthem. Looking back he says he should have done things differently in his protest of Donald Trumps election. Erik waxler spoke to evans about why he regrets it and why he did not vote in the election. Repor