Friday, December 21, 2012
One school system says no.
Webster, Mass., students were told to change out of their T-shirts that paid tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre last week, according to Fox 25. One of the students, a first-grade boy, was wearing a shirt that read "Rest in peace, the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School. And in the front is all the kids' names," his parent Tiffany Elliot told FOX 25. Elliot told Fox 25 she talked to her son about the shooting and thought the best way to handle it was to have him show his support for the victims. But the school, said Elliot, disagreed, saying it wasn't their place to discuss the tragedy with students. Instead, Superintendent Dr. Barbara Malkas told Fox 25, "... I don't feel it is the school's right to take that privilege …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Statement read by Sheriff Downing said family "shares the grief of a community and nation."
New Hampshire-based family members of the shooter in Friday's tragic school shooting in Newtown, CT, expressed their "heartfelt sorrow" in a statement read Saturday evening at a press conference in Kingston. The video of the press conference can be found on WMUR's website. James Champion, the uncle of suspected shooter Adam Lanza, is a police officer in Kingston. Champion's sister, and Lanza's mother, Nancy, was also killed Friday. In the statement read by Rockingham County Sheriff Mike Downing, the Champion family said they "share the grief of a community and nation as we struggle to comprehend the tremendous loss that we all share." The family said they wished to "reach out to the community of Newtown and express our heartfelt sorrow for…
Friday, December 14, 2012
Parents of alleged killer have roots in Kingston.
The man who police say shot and killed 27 people, including 20 children, in Newtown, CT Friday has ties to New Hampshire. According to The Eagle-Tribune, the family of Adam Lanza has roots in Haverhill and Southern New Hampshire. The newspaper is reporting Lanza's parents were married in Kingston in 1981, according to town records, and that Lanza's parents lived in Kingston after their marriage before moving to Connecticut. Lanza was also reportedly born in Kingston and lived there with his family until 1998. The Union Leader is also reporting that Lanza's mother, Nancy Lanza, was the sister of Kingston Police Officer James Champion. CBS Boston says that local police and the FBI were at Champion's East Kingston home on Friday night. Local…
Local and state police in Newtown, Conn. were called to an elementary school at about 9:30 a.m. Friday after a gunman allegedly opened fire at the school.
NEWTOWN, CT -- Connecticut police said Friday afternoon that 26 people, including 20 children, were killed at an elementary school after a gunman opened fire. Another adult was killed at a second location. The Scene Police in Newtown were called to the Sandy Hook School at about 9:30 a.m. after receiving a 911 call Friday morning. Authorities said the gunman was found dead inside the school. He was reportedly armed with four guns and a high-powered assault rifle. Authorities said during a press conference that they have retrieved three weapons from the scene. A parent interviewed on CBS News told the network on Friday that his 8-year-old daughter said she heard an argument and cursing over the school’s loudspeaker, apparently coming …
John
1:35 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
Superintendent Dr. Barbara Malkas told Fox 25, "... I don't feel it is the school's right to take that privilege of parenting away and supersede on their behalf." - but the good superintendent DID take that right away and DID supersede the parenting here. If it provoked other kids to ask their teachers questions, then you simply state "you'll need to discuss that with Mom and Dad. more ›