Uvalde college students return to high school for the primary time since mass capturing

Households in Uvalde, Texas, despatched their kids again to high school on Tuesday for the primary time since a gunman stormed the native elementary faculty in Could, killing 19 kids and two lecturers. Robb Elementary, the positioning of the bloodbath, has been completely closed — however regardless of ramped-up safety at a brand new location, some dad and mom and children say they nonetheless do not feel secure. 

Present third and fourth grade college students who had attended Robb Elementary final 12 months are actually at Uvalde Elementary College. Former Robb Elementary fourth grade college students – who are actually in fifth grade – are actually attending Flores Center College.

CBS Information additionally realized that many former Robb Elementary college students obtained vouchers to attend non-public colleges. A kind of colleges, Sacred Coronary heart Catholic College, noticed its enrollment double this 12 months. 

In the meantime, the Uvalde Consolidated Impartial College District has put in new fencing and safety cameras at Uvalde Elementary, and has added further cops and therapists to assist households really feel safer. For some, that is been sufficient to permit their kids to return to high school in particular person. 

“I perceive concerning the security — however me as a father or mother, from what I noticed right now, I really feel fairly safe,” one father or mother mentioned. 

Many, although, stay anxious, and are unwilling to ship their youngsters again to high school after one of many deadliest faculty shootings within the nation’s historical past. A number of investigations are underway into how the gunman was capable of spend over an hour within the faculty earlier than he was fatally shot by regulation enforcement. 

“My ladies are homebound,” mentioned father or mother Monica Gallegos. “They will be homebound for the remainder of the 12 months.”

Gallegos and Donny Ray Valdez’s daughters are among the many greater than 130 college students doing distant studying this semester. 

“It isn’t secure to return,” Gallegos informed CBS Information. 

Angeli Rodriguez misplaced her twin sister Annabelle within the capturing. Their mom, Gallegos, mentioned Annabelle was Angeli’s help system.

“It is arduous that she’s going to must enter the next grades with out her sister,” Gallegos mentioned. 

On Tuesday, dad and mom of Robb Elementary kids who survived the capturing dropped their youngsters off at Uvalde Elementary. After they arrived, the fence wasn’t accomplished.