Duval County Schools responds to the tragedy in Connecticut

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Updated: 12/15/2012 10:28 pm
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Duval County Public Schools established a website to help children and parents deal with the aftermath of the Connecticut elementary school shooting.   
Police say 26 were killed when a gunman opened fire at the school on Friday. The dead include 20 students.
 
"It's a horrible task to try to explain to a child what has happened, especially since it’s not understandable to us as adults. You will be needed by your children now more than ever," Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nikolai Vitti said in a statement.
 
The webpage has important links on how to deal with the crisis, talk to your children about violence, and death.
 
Dr. Vitti stresses if your child needs additional resources on how to cope with the most recent disaster to call the District Crisis hotline at (904) 390-2535 or an administrator at your school.

Link: Duval County Schools' information to cope with the tragedy in Connecticut
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Realchange - 12/15/2012 8:06 PM
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Instead of banning cell phones in schools. Not for distraction reasons, but to prevent lawsuits from teachers that abuse student. Do like colleges do allow the kids to keep the cell phones for emergency on vibrate mode only and sign up for emergency texts to warn children something is wrong. What happened in that school was wrong the killing of small children but this guy was determined only thing could stopped him was someone like wise armed and willing to fight it out with him.
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