1. Schoolhouse Beat

Sandy Hook task force recommends tearing down school where shootings occurred

May 11, 2013
Panel urges town to build a new facility on the site of the existing campus.
Video from WTNH-TV: A task force in Newtown, Conn., has unanimously recommended tearing down Sandy Hook Elementary School and constructing a new facility on the site of the existing building, where 20 children and six adults were shot to death last year. The 28-member task force has listened to public comment and wrestled over whether to renovate the existing site or knocking it down and rebuilding.

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