Uvalde Students and Staff Not Returning to Robb Elementary After Shooting
The district鈥檚 superintendent said students will be moved to other campuses but did not confirm reports that Robb Elementary building may be razed
Students and staff will not return to Uvalde鈥檚 Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers, the school district鈥檚 superintendent said released on Wednesday.
鈥淲e are working through plans on how to serve students on other campuses and will provide that information as soon as it is finalized,鈥 Superintendent Hal Harrell鈥檚 statement reads. 鈥淲e are also working with agencies to help us identify improvements on all UCISD campuses.鈥
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District is now developing 鈥減lans on how to serve students on other campuses鈥 after the deadly May 24 shooting. Investigators are looking into why a self-locking door at Robb Elementary failed to engage after a teacher closed it that day, according to .
Officials previously said a teacher had propped the door open but now say the teacher did shut it after opening it, correcting that information after a lawyer for the teacher insisted it had been closed. That same teacher when the 18-year-old gunman crashed into a ditch by the school and was seen carrying a gun.
鈥淪he saw the wreck,鈥 lawyer Don Flanary . 鈥淪he ran back inside to get her phone to report the accident. She came back out while on the phone with 911. The men at the funeral home yelled, 鈥楬e has a gun!鈥 She saw him jump the fence, and he had a gun, so she ran back inside.鈥
The superintendent鈥檚 statement did not outline plans for the Robb Elementary School building. The federal government may tear down the school, state Sen. , D-San Antonio, said in an interview with San Antonio television station .
Gutierrez said President Joe Biden, , told him, 鈥渨e鈥檙e going to look to raze that school and build a new one.鈥
In the statement, Harrell also said the district will continue to provide counseling and support to students and staff for the 鈥渇oreseeable future鈥 and will cooperate with law enforcement investigating the incident.
鈥淏ecause the investigation is ongoing and information is evolving, we are going to reserve comment until all state and federal agencies have completed their review,鈥 he said.
Mar铆a M茅ndez is a reporter at , the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. This article originally appeared on June 1 at TexasTribune.org.
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