Uvalde Principal Put On Paid Leave Following School Shooting

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The principal of the Texas elementary faculty the place a gunman killed 19 college students and two lecturers has been positioned on administrative go away, her lawyer mentioned.

Robb Elementary College Principal Mandy Gutierrez was positioned on paid administrative go away Monday by Uvalde faculty Superintendent Hal Harrell, mentioned lawyer Ricardo Cedillo of San Antonio in a terse assertion to The Related Press.

Cedillo didn't present any additional info on the explanation for the transfer or some other remark. A message to a spokeswoman for the Uvalde Consolidated Impartial College District was not instantly returned.

President Joe Biden and first woman Jill Biden consolation Principal Mandy Gutierrez as Superintendent Hal Harrell stands subsequent to them, at a memorial exterior Robb Elementary College in Could.

Dario Lopez-Mills by way of Related Press

A legislative committee blamed Gutierrez and an assistant for realizing a lock to the classroom the place the killings occurred on Could 24 wasn’t working and never having it repaired.

Additionally Monday, the district faculty board permitted a three-week postponement of the beginning of the district faculty yr till Sept. 6 so district officers can exchange Robb Elementary’s lecture rooms and different instructional assets.