By Mike Wilder, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Aug. 6--Diane Hill has only been on the job as principal at Woodlawn Middle School since early July. But Hill is already well-known in the area, since she's been an assistant principal at next-door Eastern Alamance High School for the last four years.

By Mike Wilder, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Mar. 19--Students in the Alamance-Burlington School System will go to school on Election Day, though some on the school board think that's a bad idea with a large voter turnout expected.

By Mike Wilder, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Sep. 6--Cathy Foust's students probably don't have the easiest road to success. At Eastlawn Elementary School, where she works, many of the students live in low-income neighborhoods. For others, English isn't their first language.

By Brandee Hayhurst, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Oct. 17--Classes seem to have returned to normal Monday, with little indication of the wild rumors of gangs and shootings that led to a mass exodus from three local schools on Friday.

By Keren Rivas, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Oct. 14--Hundreds of confused parents rushed to pick up their children from three local schools Friday morning after rumors of shootings and bomb threats started circulating in the community. Capt.