"Closing Costs: School consolidation in West Virginia,"

A decade ago, West Virginia officials pushed through a massive school consolidation plan, resulting in the closing of hundreds of rural schools. Eyre and Finn focus on the overlooked sufferers: children who endure long and arduous bus rides that grossly violate state guidelines. The reporters provide a thorough look at a scandalous situation far below the national radar and, in the best traditions of journalism, give voice to a community’s most vulnerable people.