The story “Foster Care Challenges Student” in the April 3 edition of The Revolution contained a factual error.  The article reported that Ms. Lewis’ adoptive parents “lost custody” of her.  The article should have stated that Ms. Lewis’ former adoptive parents relinquished custody of her.

The Revolution would also like to clarify that the alleged emotional and physical abuse (“Getting punched, hit, scratched, grabbed.  I was thrown down the stairs a few times”) referred to Lewis’ first foster home rather than her subsequent foster parents, former adoptive parents, or birth parents.  The Revolution was unable to reach Lewis’ first foster parents for comment and does not possess any other corroborative evidence of the alleged events.

The Revolution would like to apologize for any negative impact or embarrassment that the article caused. As the newspaper for Albemarle High School, we always strive to seek the truth and regret falling short in this quest.