#6 staff story: Dubuque principal child porn

We've surveyed our staff members and readers for their opinions, and the results are in. Between now and Jan. 1, we'll be unveiling readers' choices for the top 10 news stories of the year - one story per day. Here's the #6 story of the year, as voted by Gazette staffers.

Former Sageville Elementary School Principal Robert Burke is sentenced in November to 30 years in prison on child pornography charges. Burke admitted in court to installing a hidden camera in the boys' restroom at the school between January and June and to using the recordings to produce child pornography videos and images found in his home.

THE YEAR"S COVERAGE:

• June 3: Federal agents charge Dubuque County elementary principal with child porn
• June 5: Dubuque school board votes to fire accused principal
• June 7: Former Dubuque principal charged with downloading child porn will remain in jail
• June 7: Counselors to help explain Iowa principal's arrest
• June 10: Former principal pleads not guilty to receiving child porn
• June 13: School Board officially fires Bob Burke
• July 3: Ex-principal in child porn case to undergo exam
• July 13: Former Dubuque principal pleads not guilty
• Aug. 2: Former Sageville principal pleads guilty to producing child porn
• Nov. 21: Iowa principal gets 30 years for taping students