Robb Elementary principal reinstated three days after being placed on leave

UVALDE, Texas — Robb Elementary School Principal Mandy Gutierrez has been totally reinstated to her place and is now not on paid administrative leave.

Uvalde CISD Superintendent Hal Harrell notified Gutierrez by way of letter that she’d be allowed to return to work, whereas additionally thanking her for sending a Wednesday letter looking for to make clear conclusions drawn by the Texas House investigative committee’s report about Robb safety flaws.

Gutierrez had been on paid leave since Monday. 

In her letter to the investigative committee, she defended herself in opposition to claims that she had turn into complacent concerning security in her first 12 months as Robb principal. In regards to the classroom 111 door being defective, the principal wrote neither she nor her predecessor had “no recollection or record of those complaints” from academics.

She additionally clarified the report’s feedback about her not utilizing the intercom system to speak a lockdown alert at Robb .

“The reason for this is because I was trained NOT to use the PA system in these situations,” she wrote. “Our training emphasized that using the Public Address System could compound the problem in creating a panic situation with students and an alert to the one or more gunman that was present to do maximum harm.”

Gutierrez is a Uvalde CISD veteran who simply accomplished her first 12 months as Robb Elementary School principal. 

(Read the superintendent’s full letter beneath.)

Pete Arredondo, the embattled district police chief blamed for enjoying a central position within the failed regulation enforcement response on May 24, stays on unpaid administrative leave from Uvalde CISD.