Bus Driver Involved in Iowa City Accident Had Poor Driving Record: Iowa City Daily News Links, Sept. 19

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The now vacant Roosevelt Elementary School building will remain a part of the district in a new capacity.

In today's Daily Iowan Reader, the Iowa City School Board has opened the possibility of deallocating SILO funding from the third high school to new elementary school development. Future discussion by the school board will dictate whether that will happen.

In our Patch Poll this week we're asking if mandatory fees are a way around raising tuition.

In our Parent Talk this week, we ask if there are consequences to sleep training your child.

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Gregg Hennigan of the Gazette writes that the Iowa City City Council received a comprehensive review of flood mitigation projects that the city staff is looking into.

Vanessa Miller of the Gazette writes that a bus driver involved in an accident last week in Iowa City had a poor driving record that should have prevented him from driving.

Lee Hermiston of the Press-Citizen has more information about the non fatal shooting at the Proctor & Gamble plant yesterday.

According to a new study released by an advocacy group, more than half of the people in Iowa and Illinois will be obese by 2030. (Des Moines Register)

The young University of Iowa Hawkeye football squad is benefitting from some extra practice. (KCRG)

A nice story on surprise running back Mark Weisman. (Associated Press)

An Oakdale inmate died of a medical condition. (Associated Press)

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

According to the city’s hiring criteria, anyone with four minor driving violations within the past three years should earn a “poor” rating and not be hired.

It’s unclear what information about Collins’ driving history was available to the city at the time he was hired. Jennings said she would have to go back and review Collins file to find out, and the file wasn’t immediately available on Tuesday.

Jennings didn’t have any comments on Collins’ case Tuesday, but she said the city screens all prospective employees and reviews their driving records before offering a job. The city also reviews driving records of its employees on an annual basis to make sure they continue to qualify for employment.

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