Lack of funding forces Armstrong High School’s winning choir to skip a rare invite to perform at Carnegie Hall.
by Ned Oliver
Bianca Waddy, a 17-year-old senior at Armstrong High School, is used to people not expecting much out of her and her classmates. "When people say Armstrong," she says, "they all, 'Oh, that ghetto … school.'"
Going by test scores and graduation rates alone, Armstrong is one of the worst high schools in the state.…[ Read more ]