Two Newtown Educators Went the Extra Mile for Students
Eliza Hallabeck/Newtown Bee, via Associated Press
Dawn Hochsprung, 47, Sandy Hook’s principal, was killed.
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Another was a psychologist — preparing to retire — who had seen generations of students through their parents’ divorces and difficult days.
Dawn Hochsprung, the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School, and Mary Sherlach, a school psychologist, were among the six adults killed at the school in the mass shooting on Friday, educators gunned down alongside the children they cared for as if they were their own.
Authorities did not release an official list of the victims’ names, but the other four were believed to be school staff members.
The unimaginable loss of 20 children consumed much of the nation on Friday. But in Newtown, Conn., a tight-knit community of about 25,000 bonded by its schools, a profound, personal ache was felt also for the school staff members who were killed.
Ms. Sherlach, 56, was remembered for her many years of helping students cope with problems that they were
