Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1993                   TAG: 9311030306
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ROBERT FREIS
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ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED

Yes 1,792 (79 percent) No 467 (21 percent)

Floyd County voters overwhelmingly approved changing from an appointed to an elected School Board.

"It's because they wanted a voice in their government," said Gene Bishop, an organizer of the petition drive that put the issue on the ballot.

County voters get their first chance to vote for a member of the five-member school board in 1995.

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ELECTION