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Monday, December 17, 2012

Discussing a Crisis With Your Child: East Windsor School District Responds to Shooting

The following message appears on the East Windsor Regional School District website

Whether you are a parent, educator, student, or simply a citizen, we were all shocked and saddened by the horrific attack that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut. Mass attacks, especially against children, are beyond comprehension. I want to assure all of our families that the safety of our students and staff is the top priority in our schools. Although I cannot discuss our security procedures in detail, I can write that we have a comprehensive plan for admitting and monitoring visitors to the building. Also, each month, your children rehearse what to do during an emergency and we have recently updated our Crisis Management Manuals and procedures. We also maintain a longstanding and positive relationship with both the East Windsor and …

Friday, December 14, 2012

'It Wasn't Me' Hoboken Man Named as Shooter Writes

A Connecticut town once voted the safest place to live in America experiences horrific violence in one of its elementary schools.

The man identified in media reports Friday as the shooter in the second deadliest school shooting in American history has told friends that he thinks his developmentally disabled brother may have committed the crime, Patch has learned. A close friend of Ryan Lanza who requested to not be identified told Patch that he spoke to Lanza as he was making his way home from work to Hoboken. Lanza also took to his Facebook page to rail against CNN naming him as the suspect in the shooting in Newtown, Conn.  “I’m on the bus home now, it wasn’t me,” Lanza wrote. Lanza’s mother, Nancy, a school teacher, is believed to be among the dead. More than 25 people, including 18 students, died in the mass shooting. The shooter was Adam Lanza, 20, the younger …

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John Santaella

7:10 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012

If that was an automatic weapon it would have gone through that ammunition in less than a minute.   more ›

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