The district where I attended school is small enough that even a classroom assistant would be known to the board. It might be different in bigger cities but I don’t know anything about Newtown CT.
Newtown has 4 elementary schools, 1 intermediate, 1 middle and 1 high school. Small, but big enough that it’s possible a teacher’s aide wouldn’t be known to a school board member. I tend to think Sandy Hook E.S. won’t open again too soon. Maybe next school year, possible next semester.