Uvalde CISD is putting up 8-foot fences around its schools. They've hired campus monitors to check doors to make sure they’re locked, and 33 state troopers will be stationed at the schools this year to provide extra security. | via TPRNews
An 8-foot fence frames the pathway to the office of the new, temporary campus for former Robb Elementary students and staff on the Friday before the first day of the 2022-23 school year. Uvalde CISD converted an old campus previously used for offices and an alternative school.Tuesday is the first day back to school in Uvalde, Texas since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in May.
For the first few weeks afterwards, Zayon was somber and didn’t play much. To help him cope, his parents got him a guinea pig.Adam and Raquel Martinez got their 8-year-old son Zayon a guinea pig to help him cope after the shooting at Robb Elementary. Zayon was in his class at Robb during the shooting.
Zayon also has nightmares and trouble sleeping. And he’s not alone. Many kids and parents are still scared. The Uvalde school board fired the school police chief who was in command during the shooting, but the district’s other officers are still on the job. And it’s likely some of the state troopers assigned to guard Uvalde schools this year were also on the scene in May.
The Martinezes plan to reassess whether to return for in-person classes after the first semester. A lot of the Uvalde school district’s security upgrades aren’t done — fences are only up around two of the eight campuses, for instance. And the district’s own investigation into its officers’ actions that day hasn’t even begun.On May 24, Angeli Gomez fought her way past the police line at Robb to get to her sons during the shooting.
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