On school tour, Newtown parents thank teachers

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press A sign for Chalk Hill School is seen Wednesday in Monroe, Conn. School resumed Wednesday for students in Newtown, Conn., except for the Sandy Hook Elementary School students, who will begin classes today at Chalk Hill School, which was overhauled specially for them.

MONROE, Conn.—On a tour Wednesday of his daughter’s new school, Vinny Alvarez took a moment to thank her third-grade teacher, who protected the class from a rampaging gunman by locking her classroom door and keeping the children in a corner.

Alvarez was one of many Sandy ...

Published: 01/03/2013