From Superintendent Tiffany Anderson:
"The SMS students and staff have returned to their building. The smoke was contained to the gymnasium. It was determined that the smoke resulted from a motor overheating in the gym. There was no fire, and the fire department has officially cleared the building for students and staff."
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.
