{"id":32742,"date":"2013-05-11T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/sandy-hook-elementary-tear-it-down-and-build-new-school-on-same-site-panel-says\/32742\/"},"modified":"2013-05-11T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T13:31:00","slug":"sandy-hook-elementary-tear-it-down-and-build-new-school-on-same-site-panel-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/sandy-hook-elementary-tear-it-down-and-build-new-school-on-same-site-panel-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandy Hook Elementary: Tear it down and build new school on same site, panel says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A task force of 28 officials in Newtown, Connecticut, voted unanimously to pull down Sandy Hook Elementary School and rebuild on the same property. The school was the site of a December 2012 shooting massacre in which 20 children and six adults died.<\/p>\n

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“We came together as 28, and I hope we can come together as a
\ncommunity to rebuild the spirit of our community and build the
\nschool together,”<\/i> said panel member and vice chair of the local
\nBoard of Education Laura Roche. She added that it had been \u201cvery
\nemotional and very hard\u201d<\/i> to come to a decision about the
\nschool\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Before the demolition and rebuilding can take place, the
\nproposal must go before the local school board and be approved by
\nresidents in a referendum. If approved, officials said construction
\ncould begin in spring 2014 and the new building could open in
\nJanuary 2016.<\/p>\n

Plans under consideration call for a building with a shape that
\nresembles homes and barns built in Newtown in the 1700s and 1800s,
\nand 26 glass cupolas on the roof with spires \u201cpointed towards
\nheaven\u201d<\/i> in remembrance of the 26 victims, a report compiled for
\nthe task force stated.<\/p>\n

Not all Newtown residents are in favor of the project. Many
\nbelieve the school should simply be renovated, because tearing it
\ndown would be a victory for evil.<\/p>\n

Others are adamantly against having students return to the
\nexisting building. Brian Engel, whose 6-year-old daughter Olivia
\ndied in the shooting, told the task force last week that he didn’t
\nwant Olivia’s younger brother to attend school in the same place
\nwhere she died. Several teachers also told the task force that they
\ndidn\u2019t want to return.<\/p>\n

Sandy Hook\u2019s 430 students are currently attending a renovated
\nschool renamed Sandy Hook Elementary School in the neighboring town
\nof Monroe. They are expected to remain there until a new school is
\nbuilt in Newtown.<\/p>\n

A regular school day turned tragic for the Newtown students on
\nDecember 14 when gunman Adam Lanza opened fire with an assault
\nrifle after killing his mother at their home. He killed himself as
\npolice arrived at the school. The massacre sparked a national
\ndebate about gun control and second amendment rights.<\/p>\n

Police have not disclosed the possible motives for the killings,
\nbut officials have said that Lanza showed an interest in other mass
\nkillings and played violent video games.<\/p>\n

While Newtown residents wait to have their say on what happens
\nto Sandy Hook, they are encouraged by the prospect of the school
\nreturning to how it once was. “It’s been a place for learning,
\nfor kids to grow up and it’s going to <\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on : RT<\/a><\/p>\n

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