Yonkers schools to lose millions if 'fiscal cliff' not averted
Photo credit: Jim Alcorn | Mayor Mike Spano discusses music education in schools with Kayla Dixon, 6, outside Yonkers City Hall. (June 25, 2012)
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The Yonkers School District could lose $1.6 million and districts in New York State stand to lose $164 million in federal funding in the 2013-14 school year if Washington doesn't avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" by the end of the year.
Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio said the loss would mean eliminating nine educators who work with the district's most at-risk students,...
