Classes for students of Sandy Hook Elementary students start at the Chalk Hill School building in Monroe, Conn., (pictured) on Thursday. (Andy Hutchison/The Newtown Bee/AP/File)
3:51 pm ET -The students of Sandy Hook Elementary will return to school – in a different building – Thursday morning. Many things have changed since the Dec. 14 massacre that killed 26 students and staff, but the school is trying to create as much continuity as possible for kids.
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