Military mom surprises son, brother after 6-month deployment
By FOX 13 News Staff
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A military mother surprised her son and her brother at school after a six-month deployment.
TAMPA, Fla. - First-grader Jewelz Williams got the surprise of his life Thursday morning when his mother surprised him at Tampa Heights Elementary School after a six-month deployment with the Air Force.
Jewelz was told that he and his uncle, Andre, who also happens to be in the first grade, were being interviewed by reporters about new construction at their school. In the middle of the interview Eboni Bailey, Jewlez’s mother, walked out into the courtyard.
Teachers emotional as renovations to Tampa Heights Elementary are revealed
New building has 51,000 of the original bricks
We are getting a first look at renovations of one of the oldest and most historic elementary schools in the Tampa Bay Area. Tampa Heights Elementary School has undergone a $20 million renovation, after it was burned down three years ago, following a fire caused by Hurricane Irma.
and last updated 2020-12-14 18:34:46-05
TAMPA, Fla. â We are getting a first look at renovations of one of the oldest and most historic elementary schools in the Tampa Bay area.
Tampa Heights Elementary School has undergone a $20 million renovation, after it was burned down three years ago, following a fire caused by Hurricane Irma.
Tampa Heights Elementary School set to reopen to students in January 2021
A fire destroyed much of the school in 2017
Tampa Heights Elementary will reopen to kids in Jan. 2021
and last updated 2020-12-11 07:32:37-05
TAMPA, Fla. One of the oldest and most historic elementary schools in the Tampa Bay area is finally set to reopen in January 2021 to students, three years after a devastating fire.
In September of 2017, a storm from Hurricane Irma tore the roof off the historic Robert E. Lee Elementary School, causing rain to get inside the structure. Weâre told when power was restored, it started an electrical fire, causing the school to burn down. No one was hurt and the fire was not deemed suspicious.