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

DATE: TUESDAY, April 20, 1993                   TAG: 9304200294
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: LAURA WILLIAMSON STAFF WRITER
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EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOLS HIS STRENGTH, SAYS DAY

The School Board's vice chairman, also a retired teacher and principal, had worked in Day the school's transportation department as part of an early retirement deal that required him to return to the school system as a consultant for 20 days each year.

Day remembered a time when a school bus broke down and had to wait on the side of the road for a passing motorist to call for help. Had there been a radio on board, the driver could have made the call himself.

Day, who hopes to be appointed for a second term on the board, points to experiences like that one as evidence of how his 30 years as an educator prepared him to make decisions about school policy.

"I could see the need," he said.

Day also prides himself on keeping an open mind in making board decisions.

"I would sit back and listen and wait and hear all of the circumstances of a matter This is the second of a series of profiles on five candidates who have applied for two seats on the Roanoke City School Board. before I would make a decision," he said. "And I consider that very important."

During his tenure in Roanoke's schools, Day, 59, has worked as a teacher, counselor, Little League coach and principal, with exposure to every level of the system.

He sees himself as a team player and one who constantly looks for ways to improve things.

Not that he's singling out any one area for change.

"What I'd like to do is to operate on the philosophy that we can all improve," he said.

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