At school for disabled kids on Long Island, high pay for staff, teachers leads to state pressure, layoffs

From The NY Times:ALBERTSON, N.Y. — Kathleen Cervasio’s daughter, Gina, (pictured) who is 12, has cerebral palsy, cannot speak and is quadriplegic. Without a doubt, Ms. Cervasio said, the best thing that ever happened to Gina was getting into the Henry Viscardi School, one of 11 state-supported public schools for the severely disabled in New York. Ms. Cervasio, a professor of nursing, said the