The Virginian-Pilot
                            THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, May 15, 1996                TAG: 9605150554
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   18 lines

PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY

ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

DREW C. WILSON/The Virginian-Pilot

Third-grader Scott Ross, 9, got to be principal for a day at Griggs

Elementary School in Poplar Branch on Tuesday. Ross was selected for

the distinction by getting the highest points when he read the most

books in an accelerated reading program.

by CNB