Wednesday, November 18, 2009

NY1 | 24 Hour Local News | Education | Budget Crunch Hits Sour Note At City Schools


NY1 24 Hour Local News Education Budget Crunch Hits Sour Note At City Schools:

"PS 229 Principal James Harrigan says he already knows which programs will be the first to go once the call is made.

'I have what you call the band orchestra. I have a strings violin program. I have a visual arts program. I have a writing program,' Harrigan said.

Harrigan says arts programs like those currently offered at his school will all go away if education cuts the mayor ordered on Monday trickle down to the city's education system. And that's not the only threat to many principals' bottom lines."