“I have been blessed to work among amazing educators and staff who believe in education for more than 30 years, which have all been in our beautiful community.” Hal Harrell said in a statement.
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Uvalde’s school district superintendent announced Monday he plans to resign by the end of the academic year, following months of community outrage over the handling of the United States’ fired a recently hired school police officer who had been a Texas state trooper on the scene at Robb Elementary when the shooting took place. The district hired the ex-trooper, Crimson Elizondo, even though school officials knew she was one of seven troopers on the scene, all of whom are under internal investigation for their actions that day. She had quit the Texas Department of Public Safety.
That these developments all come just a month into the new school year underscores the sustained pressure that families of some of the slain children and teachers have kept on the district.
In July, the Uvalde school board called a special meeting to hear from parents. At that meeting, Harrell apologized for previously being “too formal” and not letting victims’ families say their piece.
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