Newtown panel votes to build new school at site of shooting

A Newtown panel voted to build a new school at the site of the Sandy Hook shooting.

Despite residents being divided on the decision, Newtown First Selectman Patricia Llodra believes the panel did everything they could.

"We all wanted a wonderful solution that would satisfy everyone and we realized that wasn't going to happen," she said. "We did the best we could do."

The plan includes the current school being demolished and reconstructed in the next 21 months.

On December 14, Adam Lanza killed 20 students and six teachers before killing himself.

Surviving students will remain at Chalk Hill School in Monroe until the new school is built.