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On school tour, Newtown parents thank teachers

By Dave Collins, Pat EatonRobb
Published January 2, 2013 5:00am ET
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On school tour, Newtown parents thank teachers
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. 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) | Jessica Hill

MONROE, Conn. (AP) — On a tour Wednesday of his daughter’s new school, Vinny Alvarez took a moment to thank her third-grade teacher, who protected the class from a rampaging gunman by locking her classroom door and keeping the children in a corner.

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