Education Report - Tragedy at One School, Renewal at Another

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VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in English. In late December, funerals took place for the victims in Newtown, Connecticut where 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed children, six educators and himself. Officials say Adam Lanza guns owned by his mother, who he also killed the shooting. The incident was the second deadliest shooting an American school. In 2007, a student at Virginia University killed 32 people and then himself. What happened Newtown has reopened debate about gun control and issues mental health services. President Obama spoke at a memorial in the town. He said he will use whatever he has to prevent more tragedies like the one Sandy Hook. He named Vice President Joe Biden to a team to develop proposals to reduce gun violence. days earlier, another community not far away regained a in a story of hope and renewal. Flooding from Sandy nearly destroyed Saint Camillus School in the Rockaway of Queens, in New York City. The Catholic school just a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean. For weeks, more than 200 students and teachers went to school while Saint Camillus was being repaired. But the of the school on December 10th was a victory the community. School secretary Kerry Montero says the message Hurricane Sandy is clearest in many recent acts of . She said people from Connecticut, California and Brooklyn, New , all offered help. For VOA Learning English, I'm Laurel (Adapted from a radio program broadcast 20Dec2012)

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