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LI schools cutting spending as they begin new year
Quick ReadAcross Long Island - in districts rich, poor and middle-class - students returning to class this week will be dealing with the fallout from the greatest financial challenges.
Photo credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas | Students eagerly head to their first day of school. (Sept. 2, 2010)
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In the Half Hollow Hills school district, fewer students will be able to get professional arts training this year.
In Wyandanch, elementary school classes could be larger - some by as much as 25 percent.
And students in Lindenhurst already are missing teachers who have been let go.
"It just makes school that much harder," said C.J. Thomson, 16, a junior at Lindenhurst Memorial...
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