The families of two students at the Virginia elementary school have filed notices of potential legal action against the school system.
have filed notices of potential legal action against the school system over trauma they say the shooting inflicted on their children.
Both notices were dated Jan. 30. Newport News Public Schools provided the letters to The Associated Press after it requested them. They were first reported by the Daily Press.The notices were the latest fallout from a shooting that has sent shockwaves through the shipbuilding city near the Chesapeake Bay and drawn mounting criticism of school administrators.
The parents of the other student were not named in their attorney's letter, although the notice makes a similar request for the school system to preserve evidence.
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