Sandy Hook Elementary School demolition begins

Source: MSNBC

Construction crews are set to begin demolition on Friday of the Sandy Hook Elementary School building where 20 students and six educators were killed last December.

Newtown residents earlier this month voted in favor of accepting a $50 million grant from the state of Connecticut to construct a new building at the site of the shooting. The structure closed after the tragedy on Dec. 14. Students completed the 2012-2013 academic year and recently returned in August to Chalk Hill Middle School in nearby Monroe.

The new school will be constructed on the same site and parts of it will be preserved. The new building is expected to open by December 2016.

Security officers will guard the gated entrance during the demolition to block onlookers and the media from the site. The project is expected to last five to six weeks and end ahead of the shooting’s one-year anniversary.


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