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Roanoke School Board to hear complete audit report
April 3, 2004

Roanoke School Board begins search for leader
March 24, 2004

Harris to step down
March 23, 2004

School board anticipates 'fresh start'
March 23, 2004

Members mum on talks about superintendent
March 12, 2004

High response rate to Roanoke student security survey indicates seriousness of issue
March 3, 2004

Teacher's family urges change
March 3, 2004

Schools admit data incomplete
Feb. 18, 2004

School survey: Discipline problems getting worse
Feb. 11, 2004

School safety crusader seeks GOP mayor nomination
Jan. 30, 2004

School report shows same trends
Jan. 27, 2004

Communities gather for Roanoke schools forum
Jan. 21, 2004

Forums to address safety in schools
Jan. 11, 2004

Nash appointed to Roanoke School Board
Jan. 6, 2003

Second Roanoke school audit reveals shoddy practices
Dec. 5, 2003

Superintendent Harris addresses 80 educators at 'teacher town meeting'
Dec. 3, 2003

Maintenance supervisor for Roanoke schools is put on leave prior to audit
Dec. 2, 2003

School board veteran resigns
Nov. 26, 2003

Teachers tell Harris policy contradicts his statements
Nov. 26, 2003

Superintendent's ability questioned
Nov. 22, 2003

Parent: Harris should step aside during inquiry
Nov. 20, 2003

Groups meet to talk school safety
Nov. 19, 2003

School safety task force has first meeting
Nov. 12, 2003

Superintendent says data show Roanoke schools are safe
Nov. 11, 2003

Teachers ask school board for support
Nov. 11, 2003

School issues get new forum
The Roanoke School Violence Protection Coalition was founded by school resource officer Butch Lewis and parent Alice Hincker.
Nov. 7, 2003

Police: We told officials teacher had been cleared
Oct. 22, 2003

Teacher's family demands answers
Oct. 21, 2003

Body identified as that of Roanoke teacher
Oct. 18, 2003

BUTCH LEWIS
Trial student court in session soon at Patrick Henry High
Oct. 15, 2003

School safety group agrees on members
Oct. 8, 2003

School safety task force takes shape
Oct. 2, 2003

School safety debate plagued by officials' disputes, mistrust
Sept. 21, 2003

School plan may have security down to a T | See the map
Sept. 15, 2003

Roanoke council requests school safety audit
Sept. 3, 2003

Virginia schools have incentive to underreport crime data
Aug. 31, 2003

Faith in Roanoke schools shaken following data
Aug. 31, 2003

Getting a handle on the bullies
Aug. 25, 2003

Officer agrees to return to school
Aug. 15, 2003

Officer allowed to return to school
Aug. 14, 2003

School review: no intentional underreporting
Aug. 13, 2003

Police memo cites unreported school violence
Aug. 10, 2003

Are Roanoke schools safe?
June 1, 2003

***Resource officers have unique perspective on school safety issues
(Now infamous story in which resource officer Butch Lewis spoke anonymously.)
June 1, 2003

Schools underrreport crime
May 17, 2003

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Safety in Roanoke schools Incident data for the second nine weeks of the 2003-2004 school year.
Printed Jan. 27, 2004

Memorandum of understanding between Roanoke schools and police
Printed Sept. 21, 2003

More crimes or different ways of reporting them?
Printed Aug. 31, 2003

Comparing school crime reports
Printed Aug. 31, 2003

Read the police memo citing school crime incidents not reported to school resource officers last year in an "alarming trend" that "will only get worse next year." according to this mid-April document.
Printed Aug. 10, 2003


"If I talk to my neighbor about school violence, and I'm talking about a knife in a backpack, and she's talking about cussing, then we have different perceptions. We have to have a common understanding," Roanoke School Board member Kathy Stockburger said. "Otherwise, I have this image of us running around in a hamster cage." (Aug. 12, 2003)