After more than a month of delay in installing security measures, students returned to class suspiciously this Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, where on May 24 a shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Robb Elementary was closed for good in the aftermath of the tragedy, and its students will now go to two other schools as they try to regain a sense of normalcy.
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Student Nikki Cross, who lost a friend in the shooting, told KHOU television that she felt “very nervous and scared” as she returned to class.
For the first time in 30 years, Elsa Ávila, a teacher who was wounded in the abdomen during the shooting, will not receive her students at the beginning of this school year because she is still recovering.
During the summer break, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) collaborated with the Texas Education Agency to conduct a security diagnostic, which led to several changes including elevated fencing around campuses, new security cameras, surveillance and police patrol from 6 am to 6 pm
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But for the relatives of the victims killed or injured at Robb Elementary by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, the measures seem insufficient.
“All of that is not going to make people feel safe. They can hire 10 or 15 cops and it won’t make a difference. People don’t feel safe in Uvalde,” Vincent Salazar, a grandfather of one victim, told KHOU.
Parents had until last week to sign up their children for in-person or virtual instruction. So far it’s unclear how many were signed up to attend school in person.
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Throughout the summer, families held authorities accountable for their poor response to the shooting, leading to the removal of school district police chief Pete Arredondo.
A Texas House committee report found that nearly 400 officers from federal, state and local law enforcement agencies rushed to Robb Elementary in response to the shooting but took more than an hour to confront Ramos, who was ultimately killed. by federal agents.
*With information from EFE
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