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Students in Perry returned to classes Thursday for the first time since a 17-year-old opened fire in a cafeteria, killing two people and injuring six others.

Students streamed into Perry Middle School this morning. They passed motivational and loving welcome signs and were greeted by teachers and administrators, who gave them hugs as they entered.

Students began streaming into Perry Middle School on a chilly, foggy morning. The school district about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines canceled all classes after the Jan. 4 shooting in the cafeteria shared by the middle and high schools. The attack killed 11-year-old sixth grader Ahmir Jolliff and critically injured high school Principal Dan Marburger, who died Jan. 14.

Middle school students in Perry, Iowa, have returned to classes for the first time since a 17-year-old opened fire in a shared cafeteria, killing two people and injuring six others.

Middle school students in Perry, Iowa, returned to classes Thursday for the first time since a 17-year-old opened fire in a cafeteria, killing two people and in

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Perry schools superintendent Clark Wicks said classes for Perry High School students will be canceled all next week and the earliest classes will resume for elementary and middle school students will be Friday, Jan. 12.

A 17-year-old gunman killed a sixth grade student and wounded five other people Thursday at Perry High School near Des Moines, Iowa, authorities said.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that “our hearts break” for the families of the victims in the shooting at Perry High School in Iowa, also calling on Congress to pass legislation to combat gun violence.