A 14-year-old male student at Christiansburg Middle School was charged with threats to burn a building after a small fire at the school on Monday.
Investigators found that the student, who allegedly burned a stack of papers in an upstairs conference room, had made threats that he would burn down the school, said Lt. Brian Wright of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department.
Two school teachers extinguished the flames, and no one was injured.
Welcome to Chalk Dust! This is your community aimed at exploring education in the New River Valley. I'm Anna Mallory. I went to public schools in West Virginia and now I cover PreK-12 education for the Roanoke Times.
I read way too many reports about improving schools and can speak in entire sentences using educational acronyms. I'll be letting you know about issues and events affecting your children, schools and tax dollars, but, more importantly, I want to know what you think. Let me know your opinions about issues in the boardroom, classroom and beyond.
