'They're not ready.' In-person classes have resumed at Uvalde's Robb Elementary for the first time since the shooting. But some parents have chosen to homeschool their kids, fearing for their safety and emotional wellbeing.
Eloyd, 11, left, plays online video games with his brother Emmanuel, 12, right, at his home in Uvalde, Texas.Eloyd, 11, left, plays online video games with his brother Emmanuel, 12, right, at his home in Uvalde, Texas.The first thing you see when you walk through Yuri De Luna's front door these days is a blue air mattress leaning against a wall at the entrance. It's for her 11-year old son, Eloyd.
This week, as in-person classes resume for the first time since the shooting, Yuri has already chosen to homeschool Eloyd and his 12-year-old brother, Emmanuel, for the time being. And she's not alone. Many who spoke to NPR in Uvalde are in support of the fences going up around public schools, the hundreds of new security cameras on their way, updated locks, and other safety measures. But Tina wants more."For my children to feel safe and for our voices to be heard, I feel that it's safe to say that we need a school and we need it now," she says.
At the end of a recent school day, Tina asked her daughter how it went."She said, 'I love it. My classmates are so cool, and my teacher's so cool,''' Tina relays."But she misses her friends." Her sons attended Flores Elementary this past school year, which also locked down the day of the shooting at Robb. Yuri says 11-year-old Eloyd has remained upset thinking about his former fourth grade teachers, Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles – the two teachers who were killed in the massacre. Yuri recalls taking the boys to a toy drive for surviving kids, and Eloyd's response:"It's not going to bring my teachers back.
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