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As the newly appointed interim superintendent of Uvalde CISD, Gary Patterson shares some of his plans moving forward.

Uvalde CISD has outlined its plans for finding a new, permanent superintendent in wake of Superintendent Hal Harrell’s retirement.

Assistant superintendent of human resources Beth Reavis is retiring.

School trustees also named Gary Patterson as interim superintendent. It was later announced that Hal Harrell would retire on Aug. 31, 2023.

The school board also named Gary Patterson as the interim superintendent, but didn’t say when he would start or Harrell would depart.

Uvalde CISD board members met Wednesday behind closed doors for more than two hours to decide on an interim superintendent after accepting Superintendent Hal Harrell’s retirement announcement last week.

A week after the Uvalde CISD superintendent received crowds of support at the board meeting, the uncle of one of the Robb victims penned a harsh opinion piece about his leadership.

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District trustees will meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. to consider appointing an interim superintendent and discuss the superintendent search process. The meeting will be held in the Benson board room at 601 Dean St. This will be the board’s first meeting since accepting the retirement of Superintendent Hal Harrell on Oct.

Failure to lead Uvalde’s CISD superintendent Hal Harrell’s announcement of retirement comes four months after the deadliest school massacre at a Texas public school. On Oct. 10, the UCISD school board met in closed session to discuss the options on how to proceed with Harrell’s intentions. Many people showed up to support Harrell, who they

The Community Advisory Committee presented an update in front of the Uvalde CISD school board on the progress of a new elementary school.

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Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) superintendent Hal Harrell announced his retirement, saying his heart is broken over the May 24 shooting that killed 21 people.

As the Uvalde CISD school board met to accept superintendent Hal Harrell's retirement, families of Robb victim's felt heartbroken their community never showed this kind of support for them.

Hal Harrell said his decision to retire from the district after 31 years in education "was made after much prayer and discernment.”

Hal Harrell said his decision to leave the district after 31 years in education was “not made lightly and was made after much prayer and discernment.”

The Uvalde CISD board is meeting Monday night for the first time since the fallout from the hiring and firing of a DPS officer under investigation, the entire district police department suspended and the superintendent announcing his retirement.

Uvalde’s school district superintendent has announced he plans to resign by the end of the academic year.

The superintendent of the Uvalde school district, and oversaw the district's response to the May 24 mass shooting, announced his retirement.

Ahead of the Uvalde CISD board meeting Monday where Superintendent Dr. Hal Harrell will discuss retirement, families of the Robb victims are saying their calls for accountability didn't have to come to this.

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The Uvalde school district’s decision to hire a former state trooper who was under investigation for her response to the Robb Elementary shooting was indefensible. We cannot fathom why the administration made that choice, especially in light of Superintendent Hal Harrell’s pledge to grieving families last summer that no police officer who had responded to

Senior administrators, including Harrell, plan retirement District sidelines, reassigns police officers and places interim chief of police on paid leave Brett Cross heads home after nearly two-week stay outside central office building to demand accountability Mueller resigns after administrative leave decision, while Harrell’s retirement set for discussion at upcoming school board meeting Hal Harrell Uvalde

Following a very eventful week in Uvalde, the San Antonio Spurs paid a special visit Saturday to play some hoops and bring joy to the community that is in the midst of healing from the Robb Elementary tragedy.

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A group of parents and relatives of victims in the Robb elementary shooting who stood defiant outside district headquarters for 12 days, demanding action over officers’ response to the massacre, finally received the news they waited for.

Administrators announced Friday that they have suspended “all activities of the Uvalde CISD Police Department for a period of time” amid criticism of their response to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School.

All of the department’s activities were suspended for an unspecified period of time, and two employees were placed on administrative leave after it was revealed this week that one of the first state troopers to respond to the deadly school shooting in May was later hired as a district police officer.

Families of the Robb Elementary victims are continuing their protest, demanding that the UCISD police officers at the school on May 24th be suspended pending an investigation.

The standoff between Uvalde CISD and the parents of the Robb Elementary School shooting victims has intensified after the district took it a step further by installing fences and restricting media access.

A guardian of a Robb Elementary student who died in the May 24 shooting met with the Uvalde CISD superintendent after a nearly 50-hour protest — but he said he still hasn’t received the answers he’s looking for.

Parents of victims in the Robb Elementary School shooting remained defiant outside Uvalde CISD’s doors on Wednesday, marking day two of a protest of the superintendent and district officials.

Parents of Uvalde mass shooting waited outside the school district administration building Tuesday seeking answers. It is now an ongoing protest.

Parents and community members are blocking the entrance to the Uvalde CISD offices until the district's officers are suspended.

The City of Uvalde has launched a mobile panic alert system in the wake of the shootings at Robb Elementary School and Uvalde Memorial Park.

The day before students return to Uvalde CISD schools, there is nervousness and uncertainty over the security changes in place.

Uvalde CISD community members had an open forum to ask about the district’s budget and safety and security plans for the upcoming school year, which starts Sept. 6.

Melissa Federspill|Leader-NewsSchool officials and board members (left to right) secretary Laura Perez, president Luis Fernandez, superintendent Hal Harrell, and vice president Rob Fowler listen as public comments are delivered during the board meeting held Monday, Aug. 22. The meeting was held in the Benson board room. After meeting in closed session for about 3.5 hours

Uvalde parents called for resignation or greater accountability from school Superintendent Hal Harrell Monday.

After three hours of closed-door meetings and hearing grievances made against superintendent Dr. Hal Harrell, no actions were made against him.

Monday night’s hearing will allow for public comment before the board will go into closed session to discuss parent and public grievances against the superintendent.

The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 24 to discuss the termination.

Nearly three months after the tragedy at Robb Elementary School, the Uvalde CISD girls volleyball team returned to the court and were met with unwavering support from their competitors.

More than 30 Department of Public Safety officers will patrol the campuses of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District as students and teachers head back to class in the wake of the school shooting.

An hours-long open forum Uvalde CISD board meeting was met with criticism and demands from members of the community.

The Uvalde CISD will hold a Special School Board Meeting on Monday night to allow members of the community to comment or ask questions about the upcoming school year.

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District officials have discussed how lockdowns and fire drills will be handled during the new school year. During the school board meeting held July 25, UCISD Superintendent Hal Harrell said the district is evaluating how to gently yet effectively implement lockdowns and drills without causing great concern. “The protocol will be

Mandy Gutierrez was put on paid leave Monday and responded Wednesday to a Texas House committee’s investigative report about the massacre.

Principal Mandy Gutierrez was reinstated after responding to a Texas House committee’s report that accused her of lax security oversight at the school.

Gutierrez on Wednesday sent a letter refuting several claims in Texas lawmakers' report about the shooting at the elementary school.

The principal of the Texas school where the nation’s deadliest classroom shooting in a decade happened was reinstated Thursday, three days after she was suspended with pay in the wake of security criticisms leveled by a legislative committee. Mandy Gutierrez, who Uvalde school district officials suspended with pay Monday as Robb Elementary School principal, was reinstated Thursday in a brief letter from Superintendent Hal Harrell. The reinstatement came after Gutierrez, in a letter to the committee members, disputed the key findings that a “culture of complacency” had developed at the school that allowed a gunman to enter the school and kill 19 children and two teachers.

Mandy Gutierrez, in her first year as principal, is the third local official to be suspended as a result of the shooting on May 24.

At the Uvalde school board meeting, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was urged to hold a special legislative session to raise the buying age for assault weapons to 21.

Her lawyer did not provide any further information about why she was placed on leave.

The principal of the Texas elementary school where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers says the principal was placed on administrative leave Monday, her attorney said. Robb Elementary School Principal Mandy Gutierrez was placed on paid administrative leave by Uvalde school Superintendent Hal Harrell, said attorney Ricardo Cedillo of San Antonio in a terse statement to The Associated Press.

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In the aftermath of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, families of victims and many residents are navigating mixed emotions as they channel their grief and fury into demands for change.

After the massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May, Jesse Rizo was worried about his old friend, police chief Pete Arredondo. Blame for the botched police response was being directed heavily at Arredondo when Rizo texted him just days after the shooting: “Been thinking of and praying for you.”

The meeting was scheduled for this morning in the wake of community outrage about the schools police chief's handling of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in May.

The school district canceled the meeting at the request of Arredondo’s lawyer. A new date has not been set.

The school district canceled the meeting at the request of Arredondo’s lawyer. A new date has not been set.

Uvalde school officials will decide the fate of district police Chief Pete Arredondo...

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police chief’s termination could be decided at a school board meeting this weekend, according to a CNN report.

For about three hours, people demanded the resignation of the school district superintendent and threatened to keep their children out of school until campus security is improved.

Uvalde residents will get a chance to ask questions and raise concerns over school safety.

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District has announced plans for the upcoming school year regarding campus realignments following the displacement of Robb Elementary School students.

The school will be demolished so "students and staff will not have to return to the building at the site of the tragedy," the district said.

H-E-B and the Charles Butt Foundation donate $10 million to Uvalde's school district to replace Robb Elementary School.

The timeline is still unclear for demolishing the school building. The district has plans to replace it with a memorial park.

School officials praised the students for their strength and resilience through three COVID-19 pandemic years, three changes of principals and then the May 14 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Almost 300 high school seniors received their diplomas in Uvalde in the shadow of the massacre of 19 elementary school students and two children 5 1/2 weeks earlier.

The Uvalde School District superintendent said police Chief Pete Arredondo was placed on leave because the facts of what happened remain unclear.

The Uvalde School District superintendent said police Chief Pete Arredondo was placed on leave because the facts of what happened remain unclear.

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Chief Pete Arredondo and state officials have provided differing stories about what happened at Robb Elementary School.

Uvalde CISD Superintendent Hal Harrell announced Wednesday that he has placed the district’s embattled police chief, Pete Arredondo, on administrative leave.

“We can never ask a child to go back or teacher to go back in that school, ever,” Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said.

The mayor says no student or teacher should go back.

The Uvalde High School graduation ceremony will take place on Friday.

The donation came at the urging of former Raiders safety Vann McElroy, who grew up in Uvalde.

The San Antonio Missions will represent the community of Uvalde during a game against the Amarillo Sod Poodles next week.

At a news conference Thursday, Superintendent Hal Harrell outlined the plan to move students but would not take any questions regarding school police Chief Pete Arredondo or investigations into the shooting.

Students from Robb Elementary will attend two schools next year.

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin on Wednesday promised a memorial fund established to benefit victims and victims’ families impacted by last month’s school massacre will be properly monitored.

Chief Pete Arredondo has been faulted for a slow response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary.

The Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas is launching a $2.4 million fundraising campaign to help expand its presence in Uvalde, following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary that killed 19 students and two teachers.

Hal Harrell Students and staff will not be returning to the Robb Elementary campus next school year, Hal Harrell, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District superintendent said in a press release. “We are working through plans on how to serve students on other campuses and will provide that information as soon as it is finalized. We

It wasn't clear what will happen to the building where 21 people, mostly children, were killed, but the Uvalde mayor has said it should be torn down.

The district’s superintendent said students will be moved to other campuses but did not confirm reports that the Robb Elementary School building may be razed.

Officials didn’t say where nearly 600 students will attend class or if school will be razed

Gov. Greg Abbott and other officials greeted the president and first lady. A stark divide over gun violence was an implicit backdrop to the occasion.

Robb Elementary School students went to school Tuesday dressed up for an end of the year celebration, but the day ended in tragedy.

The suspect appeared to be acting alone, and he was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was on duty nearby.

Purchases will benefit multiple departments Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District board of trustees approved an estimated $258,047 to update the district’s vehicle fleet, including the purchase of two new 2022 Ford F150 trucks, four 2023 Chevrolet Suburbans, and one 2023 Ford Explorer. The vehicles will be assigned for use in various departments, and many will

San Antonio firm to evaluate district’s options Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District officials have contracted with a consulting firm to evaluate a multi-million dollar bond referendum for the November ballot. Hal Harrell The firm, PBK, based in San Antonio, will perform a facilities assessment, long-range facility planning, and will create a bond planning proposal for

The results of the 2021 property value study performed by the Texas Comptroller’s office indicate two Uvalde County school districts are in jeopardy of losing state funding after their evaluations fell short by a combined $96.2 million. Neither Nueces Canyon Consolidated Independent School District nor Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District local values met the state’s threshold, Roberto Valdez, Uvalde County […]

Diplomas were conferred by Uvalde High School Principal Miguel Castillo, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell, and the UCISD boardof trustees. Dockal expressed the value of memories that as a student body were made together, through good times and trying. COVID-19 has taken a lot from us but there is one thing COVID-19 has not taken away and that is the strength and potential of this Uvalde High School class of 2020. We stood strong together throughout this high school journey, Espinoza said. In closing, she acknowledged that all students faced obstacles and tribulations, but despite it all still completed high school.

The UCISD board of trustees approved the expenditure and membership during a meeting held Monday at the Benson Educational Complex and live-streamed online. BondsThe board approved the refinance of tax refunding bonds. Resignations include Crossroads Academy math teacher Michael Jones, Uvalde High School science teacher Michael Moreno, and Morales Junior High English teacher Maria Valdez. Administrator contract renewals include assistant campus administrator Mandy Pruitt; assistant campus administrator Norma Hill-Garcia; special education assistant director Loida Gonzalez; Uvalde High School assistant principal Joel Barbosa; Robb Elementary assistant principal Mandy Gutierrez; Morales Junior High assistant principal Kayla Leal; Flores assistant principal BJ Perez; Uvalde High School assistant principal Becky Reinhardt; Flores assistant principal Gabriel Salazar; Morales Junior High assistant principal Humberto Torres; Anthon Elementary assistant principal Shawna Wolbert; and Uvalde High School vice principal Matthew Head. Renewals for principal contracts include Robb Elementary principal Abraham Contreras; Uvalde High School principal Miguel Castillo; Morales Junior High School principal Isidro Escamilla; Batesville School principal Felicitos Flores; Crossroads Academy principal Hector Lopez; Anthon Elementary principal Beatrice Martinez; and Flores principal Michelle Rodriguez.

One teacher from each campus was selected for the award. Secondary campusesThe award recipient at Uvalde High School was advanced special topics and U.S. history teacher Ruben Navarro. At UHS, theres no shortage of excellent educatorsFor the Crossroads Academy campus, teacher Marcy Boales was selected for the award. Garza says hes humbled honored to be selected, and he is thankful to his fellow educators for selecting him. She is also the campus technology coach, and has been teaching at UCISD for nine years.

On Page 45, it states that summer school courses taken at a college shall not be weighted or included in calculation of class rank. Last week, UCISD Superintendent Hal Harrell said the student was given credit for the course. Harrell said there was a discrepancy between board policy and the student handbook policy. The board policy does not exclude summer courses, and when there is conflicting information, the districts legal counsel advises the district to follow board policy. In discussion prior to the vote, some trustees felt the board should side with board policy and make changes effective next year.

Melissa FederspillStaff writerApproximately 4,000 Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District students will begin their second week of distance learning tomorrow, as campuses are slated to remain closed until April 6. We are in unprecedented times, said UCISD Superintendent Hal Harrell during a special board meeting held Wednesday evening, when he discussed the implications of the closure on students and staff. Currently, the district is ensuring learning continuity through a variety of platforms, including online instruction and printed instruction. On Tuesday, through curbside service, the district distributed approximately 3,200 instructional packets to students, and 27,700 meals, according to a recent press release. Because of implementing these measures and by continuing student instruction the district will not be required to make-up any lost class time, Harrell said Wednesday.