Photos: Sandy Hook students return to classes
January 3, 2013
A bus traveling from Newtown, Conn., to Monroe stops in front of 26 angels along the roadside on the first day of classes for Sandy Hook Elementary School students since the Dec. 14 shooting, in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Chalk Hill School in Monroe was overhauled especially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Sandy Hook Elementary students leave on a school bus in Newtown, Connecticut on January 3, 2013. Students at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning Thursday to classes at an alternative campus described by police as "the safest school in America." Survivors were finally to start their new academic year in the nearby town of Monroe, where a disused middle school has been converted and renamed from its original Chalk Hill to Sandy Hook. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
A sign reads 'Welcome We Love You' beneath a sign pointing to the location of Chalk Hill School, which has been refurbished and renamed Sandy Hook Elementary School on January 3, 2013 in Monroe, Connecticut. Sandy Hook students started their first day of classes in the new building following the mass shooting at the old school in Newtown that left 20 students and six faculty members dead. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A school bus carrying children from Sandy Hook Elementary School makes its way to their new school in Monroe as they leave Newtown, Connecticut January 3, 2013. Hundreds of the children who escaped the harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, last month head back to classes on Thursday for the first time since a gunman killed 20 of their schoolmates and six staff members. School officials are preparing for droves of anxious parents to join the fleet of buses carting children to a disused middle school in the neighboring town of Monroe. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Children from Sandy Hook Elementary School are seen on a school bus making their way to their new school in Monroe as they leave Newtown, Connecticut January 3, 2013. Hundreds of the children who escaped the harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, last month head back to classes on Thursday for the first time since a gunman killed 20 of their schoolmates and six staff members. School officials are preparing for droves of anxious parents to join the fleet of buses carting children to a disused middle school in the neighboring town of Monroe. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
A police road block is at the entrance to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The school, formerly known as Chalk Hill School, was overhauled specially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown, in the neighboring town of Monroe, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
A Sandy Hook Elementary student flashes a sign as children leave on a school bus in Newtown, Connecticut on January 3, 2013. Students at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning Thursday to classes at an alternative campus described by police as "the safest school in America." Survivors were finally to start their new academic year in the nearby town of Monroe, where a disused middle school has been converted and renamed from its original Chalk Hill to Sandy Hook. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARYTIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
A Sandy Hook Elementary student looks out the window as children leave on a school bus in Newtown, Connecticut on January 3, 2013. Students at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning Thursday to classes at an alternative campus described by police as "the safest school in America." Survivors were finally to start their new academic year in the nearby town of Monroe, where a disused middle school has been converted and renamed from its original Chalk Hill to Sandy Hook. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARYTIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
A Sandy Hook Elementary student leaves on a school bus in Newtown, Connecticut on January 3, 2013. Students at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning Thursday to classes at an alternative campus described by police as "the safest school in America." Survivors were finally to start their new academic year in the nearby town of Monroe, where a disused middle school has been converted and renamed from its original Chalk Hill to Sandy Hook. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
A police road block is at the entrance to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The school, formerly known as Chalk Hill School, was overhauled specially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown, in the neighboring town of Monroe, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
A sign welcoming children from Sandy Hook Elementary school sits on the road in Monroe, Connecticut on January 3, 2013. Students at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning Thursday to classes at an alternative campus described by police as "the safest school in America." Survivors were finally to start their new academic year in the nearby town of Monroe, where a disused middle school has been converted and renamed from its original Chalk Hill to Sandy Hook. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
A student walks past a police officer into the former Chalk Hill School, a disused school refurbished specifically for the students from Newtown which now bears the name Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Monroe, Connecticut January 3, 2013. Hundreds of children who had escaped a harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, last month, headed back to classes Thursday for the first time since a gunman had barged into their school and killed 20 of their schoolmates and six staff members. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Students walk into the former Chalk Hill School, a disused school refurbished specifically for the students from Newtown which now bears the name Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Monroe, Connecticut January 3, 2013. Hundreds of children who had escaped a harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, last month, headed back to classes Thursday for the first time since a gunman had barged into their school and killed 20 of their schoolmates and six staff members. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Parents escort their children into the former Chalk Hill School, a disused school refurbished specifically for the students from Newtown which now bears the name Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Monroe, Connecticut January 3, 2013. Hundreds of children who had escaped a harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, last month, headed back to classes Thursday for the first time since a gunman had barged into their school and killed 20 of their schoolmates and six staff members. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
School buses pull into the former Chalk Hill School, a disused school refurbished specifically for the students from Newtown which now bears the name Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Monroe, Connecticut January 3, 2013. Hundreds of children who had escaped a harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, last month, headed back to classes Thursday for the first time since a gunman had barged into their school and killed 20 of their schoolmates and six staff members. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
A police officer stands guard at the entrance of Marlboro Elementary School at Marlboro Township in New Jersey, January 3, 2013. The New Jersey town of Marlboro places armed guards in all of its schools in the wake of deadly Connecticut school shooting which killed 26 people, including 20 school children. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
A police officer speaks with a school bus driver at the entrance of Marlboro Elementary School at Marlboro Township in New Jersey, January 3, 2013. The New Jersey town of Marlboro places armed guards in all of its schools in the wake of deadly Connecticut school shooting which killed 26 people, including 20 school children. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Some of the remaining memorial items to Sandy Hook Elementary students and staff who died are viewed in Newtown, Connecticut on January 3, 2013. Students at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning Thursday to classes at an alternative campus described by police as "the safest school in America." Survivors were finally to start their new academic year in the nearby town of Monroe, where a disused middle school has been converted and renamed from its original Chalk Hill to Sandy Hook. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARYTIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
A flag outside the Sandy Hook Fire department in Newtown, Connecticut on January 3, 2013. Students at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning Thursday to classes at an alternative campus described by police as "the safest school in America." Survivors were finally to start their new academic year in the nearby town of Monroe, where a disused middle school has been converted and renamed from its original Chalk Hill to Sandy Hook. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
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