Uvalde school principal put on leave for ‘failing to fix broken locks’

Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Principal Mandy Gutierrez was suspended on Monday
Robb Elementary College in Uvalde Principal Mandy Gutierrez was suspended on Monday (Photos: Reuters/Getty Photos)

The principal of the Texas elementary faculty the place a gunmen killed 19 kids and two lecturers has been positioned on go away after a report discovered her answerable for not fixing damaged locks on campus.

Principal Mandy Gutierrez of Robb Elementary College in Uvalde was positioned on go away by faculty district superintendent Hal Harrell on Monday, her legal professional mentioned.

A legislative committee’s report claimed that ‘systemic failures’ and ‘poor management’ result in the excessive dying toll within the Could taking pictures.

Based on the report, Gutierrez and different faculty workers knew the lock for room 111 – the room the place the taking pictures happened – was not working correctly, however didn't take steps to repair it.

‘Robb Elementary had a tradition of noncompliance with security insurance policies requiring doorways to be saved locked, which turned out to be deadly,’ the report acknowledged.

The gunman simply entered the college by way of an unlocked door.

‘If the door to Room 111 had been locked, the attacker probably would have been slowed for a while,’ the report claimed.

Gutierrez is the second Uvalde worker to be positioned on go away because of the bloodbath. College district police chief Pete Arredondo was suspended in June after he confronted criticism for not instructing police to cease the gunman after he was barricaded contained in the classroom.

Leaked video footage confirmed police holding again from getting into room 111 for over an hour because the gunman shot up the classroom.

The Uvalde faculty board additionally authorized a measure on Monday pushing again the beginning of the college 12 months by three weeks to September 6. Officers mentioned they wanted extra time to exchange the elementary faculty’s lecture rooms and sources. The college is set to be demolished.

‘We might by no means ask a baby to return, or a instructor to return into that faculty ever,’ Mayor Don McLaughlin mentioned in June.

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