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Schools strengthen security

Published:Monday | December 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM
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A man reacts at the site of a makeshift memorial for the school shooting victims.
A police officer relocates items from a memorial to shooting victims that had been left in the middle of a busy intersection yesterday in Newtown, Connecticut. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. The items were taken to nearby Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church.
Giancarlos Oszorio and his daughter, Carlamarie, of Waterbury, pay their respects at one of the makeshift memorials for the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, yesterday in Newtown, Connecticut.
Two girls pause at the site of a makeshift memorial.
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MIAMI (AP):Schools around the country are reviewing security plans and in some cases adding extra law- enforcement patrols to prepare for the first day of classes since a shooting massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut.

Districts in Florida, Georgia and Alabama are among those asking local law enforcement to add patrols. Many stressed that they have safety plans that are regularly tested.

A gunman shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday and killed 26 people before shooting himself. The dead include 20 children ages six and seven.

In Maryland's suburbs outside Washington, Montgomery County Public Schools will have counsellors available at each school today to help provide support.

Officials in South Carolina's largest school district sent a note to parents Friday ensuring they have safety plans that are regularly tested for a number of possible events.