More Funerals for Conn. Shooting Victims, Classes Resume

Security beefed up at Newtown district schools, but Sandy Hook students remain home

The small grief-stricken town of Newtown, Conn. will on Tuesday continue a long and unbearable grieving period, with more funerals and wakes for victims of last week’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. One funeral is scheduled for 6-year-old student Jessica Rekos. Several wakes are scheduled for other slain victims, including heroic teacher Victoria Soto, who reportedly shielded her students from bullets by standing in front of the closet she hid them in. On Monday, families buried 6-year-olds Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto. Classes for students in the Newtown school district  were resuming on Tuesday, but Sandy Hook remained closed. Last Friday, a young gunman forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 schoolchildren and six adults, before turning the gun on himself. (The Associated Press)

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