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NHPS begins school year with a $2.3 million budget deficit, $11.8 million unfunded
Courtesy of Lenny Speiller As students returned to class in New Haven on Thursday, New Haven Public Schools are starting the school year with an unusually large budget deficit. After requesting a $17 million increase in city funds to maintain the previous …