Ohio schools sorry for movie-shoot bus diversion

AP News | 2009-11-13 11:51:52

<div id="subtitle">Parents in Ohio give thumbs-down to school bus diversion for Denzel Washington movie shoot</div><div><p>Ohio parents who say their children endured long, complicated walks home are panning the disruption of school bus service for a Hollywood movie shoot.</p><p>Scenes for a new Denzel Washington movie called "Unstoppable" are being filmed this week in Bellaire in eastern Ohio, 112 miles southeast of Cleveland.</p><p>Parents say children were dropped off at a shopping plaza on Wednesday when the filming kept a bus from completing its route. Gregory Jeffreys says his 12-year-old daughter wasn't sure how to walk home and it took her an hour. He says children were in danger.</p><p>The Bellaire school system is apologizing. Superintendent Tony Scott says the district should have notified parents about the bus diversion but "dropped the ball."</p><p>___</p><p>Information from: WTOV-TV, http://www.wtov9.com</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=63305808&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>


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