In wake of Uvalde school shooting, principal balks at allegations that she was lax on security

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‘Unfair and inaccurate’: Uvalde principal defends herself against a Texas House committee’s finding that she failed to address security lapses.

Robb Elementary School Prinicpal Mandy Gutierrez, right, and attorney Ricardo G. Cedillo arrive at a special hearing held in June on the massacre.Robb Elementary Principal Mandy Gutierrez defended herself Wednesday against a Texas House committee’s finding that she failed to address security lapses at the Uvalde school — making it easier for a gunman to enter the Uvalde school and slaughter 19 students and two teachers on May 24.

Although the school had adopted security policies — including locking exterior doors and classroom doors — the report said, “There was a regrettable culture of noncompliance by school personnel who frequently propped doors open and deliberately circumvented locks.” “Our training emphasized that using the public address system could compound the problem in creating a panic situation with students and an alert to the one or more gunmen that was present to do maximum harm,” she said in the letter, obtained by the Express-News. “I was trained to consider the PA system as communication with perpetrators that could be used to hurt more students and teachers.”

The teacher in Room 111, Arnulfo Reyes, unlocked the door the morning of the shooting to let himself in — which Gutierrez said showed the door’s lock worked.

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