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Poughkeepsie, other Hudson Valley cities can expect more school cuts, experts say

Laval Wilson, superintendent of the Poughkeepsie City School

Photo credit: Meghan Murphy | Laval Wilson, superintendent of the Poughkeepsie City School District, is grappling with another round of budget cuts in planning for 2013-14. (Feb. 24, 2013)

Poughkeepsie schools are facing another round of cuts to already-trimmed educational opportunities as city school district leaders wrangle with a $2.8 million budget gap in an estimated $88 million budget for 2013-14.

In the next two months, Hudson Valley communities will hear from school leaders before school budgets are put to a public vote May 21. School experts say Poughkeepsie, like many...

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