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January 22, 2013 News & Features » News and Features

Victory Spoiled 

Lack of funding forces Armstrong High School’s winning choir to skip a rare invite to perform at Carnegie Hall.

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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…

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