PIX: Students return to school after Connecticut shooting

Easton police officer J Sollazzo hugs a parent dropping off their child at school in Newtown, Connecticut.

The schools of Newtown, which stood empty in the wake of a shooting rampage that took 26 of their own, will again ring with the sounds of students and teachers on Tuesday as the bucolic Connecticut town struggles to return to normal.

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A woman accompanies a girl to school in Newtown, Connecticut December.

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Students ride a school bus in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Parents drop off a child at a school in Newtown.

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Easton police officer J Sollazzo talks to parents dropping off a child coming to school in Newtown.

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