Almost 300 high school seniors received their diplomas in Uvalde in the shadow of the massacre of 19 elementary school students and two teachers one month earlier.
FILE - Investigators search for evidences outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022, after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. The districts superintendent said Wednesday, June 22, that Chief Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school districts police chief, has been put on leave following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting.
Uvalde school Superintendent Hal Harrell and school principal Randy Harris praised the students for their strength and resilience through three COVID-19 pandemic years, three changes of principals and then the May 14 mass shooting at the South Texas town's Robb Elementary School. “Our community has definitely learned about the unexpected. Something that should have never happened happened. Our lives have been altered. But we still stand together as a community,” she said.After reading off the names of the 19 slain children and teachers, Kone said,"These loved ones of families were taken too soon. They won't be given the opportunity to follow their dreams or watch their families grow up.
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