Principal Dawn Hochsprung (left) and Victoria Soto
AP; Polaris
Wednesday afternoon, mourners will have a chance to pay respects to Hochsprung at a local funeral home, at the invitation of her family. Her burial will be private.
Funerals are also scheduled for Charlotte Bacon, 6; Daniel Barden, 7; and Caroline Previdi, 6. The family of Chase Kowalski, 7, is holding a public visitation and prayer vigil.
Surviving Sandy Hook students face another day of school at the unused Chalk Hill School in nearby Monroe, Conn., At the Sandy Hook school itself, the mountain of candles, flowers and stuffed animals continued to grow, despite rainy weather.
The shock of what happened Friday, and the nearly insurmountable grief that has followed, looks to be having a tangible impact on the nation.
President Obama, who personally embraced Newtown families on Sunday, has assigned Vice President Joe Biden the task of formulating the administration's policies to reduce violence and prevent mass-shootings like the one that took 26 lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School, administration officials tell ABC News.
The officials also say the President additionally wishes to address cultural and mental health factors contributions to the mounting gun violence in the country.
On Tuesday, reports Reuters, the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP said it would sell its investment in the company that makes the AR-15-type Bushmaster rifle that Sandy Hook killer Adam Lanza used on 20 students and six staff members.
In addition, for the first time since the massacre, the National Rifle Association, broke its silence on Tuesday, saying it was "shocked, saddened and heartbroken" and "prepared to offer meaningful contributions" to prevent future incidents of this kind.
The powerful gun lobby plans a news conference Friday.
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