Changes in state school aid hammering districts with high taxes
Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Biology teacher John Timmel walks among his students, checking on Gabrielle Orr, 14, left, of Valhalla, and Brittany AuYong, 14, of White Plains, while they use laptops to virtually dissect frogs in biology class at Valhalla High School. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has proposed huge cutbacks in school aid for some school districts in the Hudson Valley, including Valhalla High School. (Jan. 29, 2013)
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Valhalla High School freshmen sat shoulder to shoulder, packed into Angela Molina's algebra class, as she worked out a problem on the board.
Just outside her classroom, an out-of-order sign was taped above a water fountain.
Principal Jonathon Thomas said it's obvious Valhalla is strapped for resources.
"This is not Scarsdale. This is not Eastchester. This is not Chappaqua," Thomas...
