Hundreds of US elementary school children who survived the gun massacre of 20 of their schoolmates and six staff finally returned to class Thursday at a new, heavily-guarded building. The late start to the academic year was a turning point for survivors from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, which has been closed since the December 14 bloodbath. Teachers did everything possible to transform the alternate building in the nearby town of Monroe into what Newtown schools superintendent Janet Robinson called "a very cheerful elementary school." Approaches to the new Sandy Hook in Monroe were decorated with handmade signs of support, as well as balloons and ribbons in the school's green and white colors.
"Welcome we love you," read one large bright green placard under the road sign pointing to the school. "Choose love," another said. Police were out in force to reassure parents that nothing like the vicious slaughter, carried out by a deranged local man armed with a military-style rifle, could reoccur.
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