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Sandy Hook Students, Teachers Head Back to School | Synopsis

Sandy Hook Students, Teachers Head Back to School

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Since escaping a gunman's rampage at their elementary school, the 8-year-old Connors triplets have suffered nightmares, jumped at noises and clung to their parents a little more than usual. Now parents like David Connors are bracing to send their children back to school, nearly three weeks after the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. It won't be easy — for the parents or the children, who heard the gunshots that killed 20 of their classmates and six educators. "I'm nervous about it," Connors said. "It's unchartered waters for us. I know it's going to be difficult." Classes are starting Thursday at a repurposed school in the neighboring town of Monroe, where the students' desks have been taken along with backpacks and other belongings that were left behind in the chaos following the shooting on Dec. 14.

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Janet Robinson

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.747658

SentimentQuote
-0.0132227"We want to get back to teaching and learning," she said. ...
0.100965"We want to get back to teaching and learning," she said. "We will obviously take time out from the academics for any conversations that need to take place, and there will be a lot of support there. All in all, we want the kids to reconnect with their friends and classroom teachers, and I think that's going to be the healthiest thing."
0"Everyone was part and parcel of getting as many kids out of there safely as they could," she said. ...
0.036643"Everyone was part and parcel of getting as many kids out of there safely as they could," she said. "Almost everybody did something to save kids. One art teacher locked her kids in the kiln room, and I got a message from her on my cellphone saying she wouldn't come out until she saw a police badge."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 4
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1243853
  • Mean: 0.031096325
  • Standard Deviation: 0

David Connors

Overall Sentiment: 0.0486458

Relevance: 0.678704

SentimentQuote
-0.279169"I'm nervous about it," Connors said. ...
-0.194095"I'm nervous about it," Connors said. "It's unchartered waters for us. I know it's going to be difficult."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.473264
  • Mean: -0.236632
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Julian Ford

Overall Sentiment: 0.0769813

Relevance: 0.442022

SentimentQuote
-0.139968"Kids just spontaneously make associations and will start talking about something that reminds them of someone, or that reminds them of some of the scary parts of the experience," Ford said. ...
-0.207653"Kids just spontaneously make associations and will start talking about something that reminds them of someone, or that reminds them of some of the scary parts of the experience," Ford said. "They don't need a lot of words; they need a few selective words that are thoughtful and sensitive, like, 'We're going to be OK,' and 'We really miss this person, but we'll always be able to think about her or him in ways that are really nice.'"
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.347621
  • Mean: -0.1738105
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
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Additional Info:

Facility: Sandy Hook Elementary School

Overall Sentiment: -0.129622

Relevance: 0.720706

City: Monroe

Overall Sentiment: 0.118095

Relevance: 0.51308

City: Newtown

Overall Sentiment: -0.115233

Relevance: 0.353405

Organization: University of Connecticut

Overall Sentiment: 0.276376

Relevance: 0.319736

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