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    Luz Belliard, her granddaughter Victoria Alverez, 9, and a cousin of her daughter outside Public School 4 in New York, May 25, 2022. A day after a gunman massacred 19 children in a classroom in Uvalde, Texas, parents and caregivers all over the country grappled once again with a troubling question: Are our children safe at school? (Gregg Vigliotti/The New York Times) XNYT178 XNYT178

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