State police said there were numerous accidents and disabled vehicles in Dutchess County on the Taconic State Parkway and Interstate 84 from the Newburgh Beacon Bridge to the Connecticut line.
Numerous federal and state programs have been mounted for disabled students, and programs are frequently organized for purposes such as increasing the performance of girls in math and science.
According to my confidential source, the reason is that New York state has steadily lowered the difficulty of its signature Regents Exams, a battery of standardized tests that most non-disabled New York students must pass before accruing a state-certified high school diploma.