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Kathleen Horan

City Parents Say Talking about Newtown Shooting is Difficult

Kathleen Horan and Yasmeen KhanDecember 18, 2012, 6:00 a.m.

School districts including New York City are reviewing their safety plans in the wake of Friday’s mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school. The city’s department of education also sent suggestions to staffers for calming students who want to talk. WNYC’s Yasmeen Khan and Kathleen Horan checked in with parents and students at schools in Park Slope and Brownsville to see how they’ve discussed the shooting.

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