Sandy Hook children return to first classes since shooting

This photo provided by the Monroe Police Department shows the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The school, formerly known as Chalk Hill School, was overhauled especially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown, in the neighboring town of Monroe, Conn. (AP Photo/ Monroe Police Department)

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A boy sits on a Newtown bus leaving the new Sandy Hook Elementary School after the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The Sandy Hook students started today in a new school, formerly called Chalk Hill School in Monroe. It was renamed Sandy Hook Elementary and overhauled especially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting. (AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

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A sign welcomes Sandy Hook Elementary school children on their first day of classes near the former Chalk School in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Classes resumed Thursday for the students of the school where a gunman last month burst in and killed 20 children and six adults before killing himself. It was the second largest school shooting in the U.S. history. With their school still being treated as a crime scene, the more than 400 students of Sandy Hook Elementary School attended classes at the neighboring town's Chalk School. AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

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A bus traveling from Newtown, Conn., to Monroe stops in front of 26 angels along the roadside on the first day of classes for Sandy Hook Elementary School students since the Dec. 14 shooting, in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Chalk Hill School in Monroe was overhauled especially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting. (AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

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A child sits on a Newtown bus leaving the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Classes resumed Thursday for the students of the school where a gunman last month burst in and killed 20 children and six adults before killing himself. It was the second largest school shooting in the U.S. history. With their school still being treated as a crime scene, the more than 400 students of Sandy Hook Elementary School attended classes at the neighboring town's Chalk School. AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

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Chalk Hill School is seen in Monroe, Conn., Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The Sandy Hook Elementary School students fron Newtown, Conn., will begin classes on Thursday at Chalk Hill School. The school was overhauled specially for them in the neighboring town of Monroe, Conn. (AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

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A police road block is at the entrance to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The school, formerly known as Chalk Hill School, was overhauled specially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown, in the neighboring town of Monroe, Conn. (AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

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A police road block is at the entrance to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The school, formerly known as Chalk Hill School, was overhauled specially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown, in the neighboring town of Monroe, Conn. (AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

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A woman hugs a child before he boards a bus on the first day of classes after the holiday break, in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Children from Sandy Hook Elementary School will return to school Thursday in the neighboring town of Monroe. (AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

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A green and white ribbon, the school colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School is seen attached to a bus on the first day of school after the holiday break, in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Nearly three weeks after the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, students and teachers from the school will return to class Thursday in the neighboring town of Monroe. (AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

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A man waves to a child on a bus on the first day of classes after the holiday break, in Newtown, Conn.,Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. School resumes Wednesday for students in Newtown, except for the Sandy Hook Elementary School students, who will begin classes on Thursday at a school that was overhauled specially for them in the neighboring town of Monroe, Conn. (AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

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