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Hotline attracts Columbus School "scrubbing" tips

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Listen to this, a tip line setup by the auditor's office looking for information in the Columbus schools record tampering case is full.

The State Auditor set up the hotline on Thursday and left space for 20 calls. During the first night the line was nearly full.

Columbus Public Schools are under fire for allegedly scrubbing attendance records to manipulate state report cards. Toledo Public Schools are also under scruntiny for the same practice.

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