connecticut school shooting

St. Cloud State University joined others throughout the state in sounding 26 bells across campus at 9:30 this (Friday) morning, to mark a moment of silence in honor of each life that was taken at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut a week ago.

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Area superintendents want to reassure parents that their children are safe at school. This is the first day of classes since last Friday's deadly school shooting in Connecticut.

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Irene Hagen says she was at her Nisswa home Friday when she got a phone call from Newtown, Conn., saying her granddaughter was in a lockdown at school. A few hours later, Hagen learned that 6-year-old Charlotte Bacon was one of 20 children killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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The head of Minnesota's largest teachers union calls the shooting attack on a Connecticut elementary school "vicious and shocking."

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is reacting to a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school with a strong expression of outrage and assurances that school safety here is a "paramount concern."

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Children are exposed to numerous accounts of violence against kids, such as abductions, murder, and random acts of terrorism. Parents need to be aware that children may react strongly to those events and should be prepared to discuss their child's thoughts and feelings.

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This is a terrible tragedy that saddens our entire nation. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims and the entire Newtown School community. Events like this are difficult for all of us to understand.

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An official with knowledge of a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school says 27 people are dead, including 18 children. Every time there is a shooting at a school it brings back the memory of the shooting at ROCORI high school.

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