(CNN) As students and staff return Monday to Virginia Beach schools, the superintendent encourages them to wear blue to honor shooting victims. "For us, blue represents the beach, and the color our first responders wear when they rush toward danger to save lives every day," Natalie Allen, communications officer for Virginia Beach, Virginia schools, told CNN. Blue is also the background of the city flag. On Friday, a gunman killed 12 people at a Virginia Beach municipal building. Aaron Spence, Virginia Beach superintendent, Saturday tweeted the announcement about wearing blue, and it was picked up by neighboring school districts.

Source: CNN June 02, 2019 18:11 UTC