Sports stay in schools, for now
Local school sports programs are safe from budget cuts, at least for now.
New Haven Public Schools have not yet made budget cuts to their athletics programs, but given stricter state and city funding, some cutbacks in the near future are inevitable, officials said. Given that Superintendent Reginald Mayo has requested that the athletics programs consider reductions in spending, New Haven Public Schools Athletics Supervisor Joseph Canzanella said he will be the one to say what stays and what goes.
Canzanella, who has been active in New Haven athletics since he was a high school...