While children will not return to Robb Elementary, many will start school with memories of friends and teachers they lost.
AUSTIN, Texas — Students in Uvalde went back to school Tuesday for the first time since a gunman killed in a classroom attack that shocked the country and helped fuel passage of a landmark national law on gun violence.
The district announced in late June that the scene of the assault, Robb Elementary, would be permanently closed and eventually torn down, though a timeline has not been set. Fundraising is underway for the construction of a new elementary campus. “I was scared, just scared I won’t get them back,” Ibarra said, standing in her front yard across the street from Uvalde Elementary.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has committed to putting nearly three dozen state troopers on Uvalde campuses. But that was of no comfort to some families since more than 90 state troopers were present during the attack. “Nothing is going to make me feel better,” said Michael Martinez. “Are the police officers going to shoot this time? Are they going to help or what? But nobody really knows. That’s why we said we’re going to take it day by day. Let them prove it to us that something has changed.”
Steve McCraw, head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, called the response “an abject failure.”, who McCraw and the House report accused of failing to take control of the scene and wasting time by looking for a key for a classroom door that was likely unlocked.
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