Newtown massacre has Hudson Valley schools scrambling for more cops

Originally published: January 4, 2013 1:39 PM
Updated: January 4, 2013 1:41 PM
By NIK BONOPARTIS nik.bonopartis@cablevision.com

Photo credit: Susan Stava | A parent walking her girls to Upper Nyack Elementary School where most parents are very involved and many walk their kids to school wach morning. (Dec. 17, 2012)

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When National Rifle Association president Wayne LaPierre broke his silence after the Newtown, Conn., shootings to call for an armed police officer in every school, he was roundly condemned and mocked.

Now it looks like school leaders are taking his advice.

Schools across the Hudson Valley are making midyear budget adjustments and trimming spending elsewhere to scrounge up the money for...

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