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Florida high school gingerly resumes classes after shooting
Heavy police guard present at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
W students return
Well wishers greet law enforcement as students head back to school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Wednesday. With a heavy police presence, classes resumed for the first time since several students and teachers were killed by a former student on Feb. 14. - photo by Associated Press
PARKLAND, Fla. — Students and teachers hugged and cried Wednesday as they returned under heavy police guard to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for the first time since a teenager with an assault rifle killed 17 people and thrust the huge Florida school into the center of a renewed national gun debate.The half-day schedule began with fourth period so that the nearly 3,300 students could first be with the people they were with during the shooting."In the beginning, everyone was super serious, but then everyone cheered up and it started being the same vibes we had before the shooting. People started laughing and joking around," said Kyle Kashuv, a junior who said he hugged every single teacher.On the way in, teens were guarded by hundreds of police officers. The police were accompanied by comfort animals, including dogs, horses and a donkey.
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