UVALDE, Texas — In a surprise move, Hal Harrell, the superintendent of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, officially retired Wednesday night during a school board meeting. An interim replacement was named as a search for a new district chief continues.
Harrell, a 30-year employee of the school district, stunned the small grieving community two weeks ago when he announced he would retire but said"no defined timelines" had been set.
Harrell -- along with other school officials and local law enforcement -- has faced intense scrutiny over the handling of the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. The district-wide statement said that the UCISD administration will"suspend all activities of the Uvalde CISD Police Department for a period of time."
The younger Harrell worked his way up to principal at Uvalde High School and was appointed unanimously by the Board of Trustees as superintendent in October 2018, following in his father's footsteps.
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