Threat Closes Newtown Elementary School, on Day Classes Were to Resume

Local officials closed a Newtown, Conn., elementary school following a threat on what would have been the first day of classes since a shooting rampage at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School. Classes at Head O'Meadow Elementary School were scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET, but as parents and students arrived at the school they encountered police who turned them away. Principal Barbara Gasparine sent an email to parents telling them that school would be closed rather than locked down due to the...Full Story
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