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Newtown Children Remain Scared As School Tries To Move On From Sandy Hook Shooting
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN 03/13/13 02:14 PM ET
FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013 file photo, police block the road at the entrance to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn. Three months after the Newtown massacre, children and teachers who survived remain on edge. Signs in the new school ask people to close doors softly and not to drag objects across the floor during school hours, in an effort to help keep students and faculty at the school as calm as possible. (AP Photo / Jessica Hill, File)
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- They relocated the entire student body to a new school unstained by blood. They brought in counselors to soothe shattered nerves, and parents to comfort the distraught.
But authorities know they cannot erase the lingering effects of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School students and faculty members still on edge, still traumatized by the sounds of gunshots and by the horrors they survived.
In the new school building in the neighboring town of Monroe, police remain a presence. Signs ask people to close doors softly and not to drag objects across the floor.
"There are reactions to noises, doors slamming, things being dropped have a strong startled response," said Newtown School Superintendent Janet Robinson. "We're really just trying to have the whole school be as calm as possible."
A group of Sandy Hook Elementary School third-graders attending a Brownie meeting on a recent day heard a loud noise and looked around nervously. Though the troop leader assured them it was probably just someone pushing a cart, one girl began to cry.
Read more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/newtown-children_n_2870510.html
or:
http://news.msn.com/us/on-edge-at-times-newtown-school-tries-to-cope
or:
Newtown Tries to Cope; Students Ask, 'Is the Bad Man [Adam Lanza] Coming Back'
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN 03/13/13 02:14 PM ET
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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013 file photo, police block the road at the entrance to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn. Three months after the Newtown massacre, children and teachers who survived remain on edge. Signs in the new school ask people to close doors softly and not to drag objects across the floor during school hours, in an effort to help keep students and faculty at the school as calm as possible. (AP Photo / Jessica Hill, File)
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- They relocated the entire student body to a new school unstained by blood. They brought in counselors to soothe shattered nerves, and parents to comfort the distraught.
But authorities know they cannot erase the lingering effects of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School students and faculty members still on edge, still traumatized by the sounds of gunshots and by the horrors they survived.
In the new school building in the neighboring town of Monroe, police remain a presence. Signs ask people to close doors softly and not to drag objects across the floor.
"There are reactions to noises, doors slamming, things being dropped have a strong startled response," said Newtown School Superintendent Janet Robinson. "We're really just trying to have the whole school be as calm as possible."
A group of Sandy Hook Elementary School third-graders attending a Brownie meeting on a recent day heard a loud noise and looked around nervously. Though the troop leader assured them it was probably just someone pushing a cart, one girl began to cry.
Read more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/newtown-children_n_2870510.html
or:
http://news.msn.com/us/on-edge-at-times-newtown-school-tries-to-cope
or:
Newtown Tries to Cope; Students Ask, 'Is the Bad Man [Adam Lanza] Coming Back'