“School Bus Bloat,”WJW, Cleveland, Ohio | 2006 duPont-Columbia Award Winner from drivers roster Watch Video
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Description: A multi-part investigation of Cleveland's inflated roster of substitute school bus drivers and bogus ridership figuresnnInvestigative Reporter Tom Merriman reported a pattern of nearly empty school buses and idle standby drivers that wasted millions, while hundreds of teachers were laid off and bus routes were slashed. Over a nine-month period, he scrupulously documented how the Cleveland school district retained more than 200 substitute bus drivers who did little more than shoot pool and play g
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