Robb Elementary principal put on paid leave

UVALDE, Texas — Another Uvalde college district worker has been positioned on leave because the summer time of fallout from May’s mass capturing at Robb Elementary continues.

Principal Mandy Gutierrez was put on paid administrative leave by Superintendent Hal Harrell on Monday, her lawyer confirmed to KENS 5. No different particulars had been supplied concerning the choice. 

Last 12 months was Gutierrez’s first on the helm as Robb principal, after having been with the district for greater than twenty years. She was beforehand a fourth-grade trainer at Robb for 10 years earlier than turning into assistant principal in 2018. 

In June she was one in every of many interviewed by the particular Texas legislative committee fashioned within the wake of the capturing, giving her account of the May 24 occasions. 

“I’m just concerned for my families and kids,” Gutierrez instructed lawmakers on the time. 

According to the Texas House committee’s recently released report, Gutierrez tried to provoke a lockdown on May 24 amid early report of a gunman on campus, “but she had difficulty making the alert because of a bad WiFi signal.” Instead of utilizing the intercom, she instructed a custodian to ensure all doorways had been locked.

The announcement comes after Pete Arredondo, the embattled college district police chief on the middle of scrutiny over regulation enforcement’s response at Robb, was positioned on unpaid administrative leave final week. He had been on paid leave since June 22, and his future with the district is doubtful after Harrell advisable his firing. 

The college board has but to announce a brand new date for its postponed particular assembly to debate Arredondo’s potential termination, after it cancelled Saturday’s gathering. But there was comparatively minimal dialogue about Gutierrez’s function on May 24. 

Meanwhile, additionally on Monday night, trustees held an everyday assembly the place they permitted sending a decision to Gov. Greg Abbott urging him to name a particular Legislative session to doubtlessly increase the minimal age to purchase an assault rifle to 21. They additionally permitted pushing again the beginning of the upcoming college 12 months by three weeks, setting Sept. 6 as the primary day of lessons.