Teachers and other school employees in Newtown have met with local and national union leaders to discuss issues stemming from the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.  American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten met privately with educators on Tuesday.

The Newtown school district has received more than $6 million in grants from the federal Department of Education for counseling and other services for parents, students and staff members.  The Education Department says post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression and grief continue to affect students' performances in and out of the classroom.

AFT Connecticut vice president Steve McKeever says some teachers are worried what will happen once funding for mental health services runs out by the next school year.  The union plans to revisit proposed Connecticut legislation requiring workers compensation coverage for mental health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress.

At a school board meeting Tuesday evening, Weingarten presented a collage as a tribute to the six educators killed on 12-14.

AFT represents 470 educators district wide and held the meeting to determine how the union can be a continuing presence in a community, still shook to its core because of what happened almost two years ago.

In announcing the latest grant in September, the Education Department said an assessment by the district shows a belief that school is unsafe "still pervades the community." Severe post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression and grief continue to affect students' performances in and out of the classroom, the agency said.

Newtown education officials have said half the students in the Sandy Hook Elementary School the day of the shootings have moved on to middle school, which now requires attention for possible counseling and other services.