Students in Uvalde won’t go back to school for another four weeks, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday he is sending more security to the district.
There is still a lot of distrust in the community after the botched response to May’s school shooting.
The governor said, in part: "Texas will keep working to provide all available support and resources to the Uvalde community as they continue to heal."The Uvalde CISD superintendent requested the extra security to calm fears from parents and students about the return to school on September 6."There are hurting people, we have dead children and no accountability," one person said. "How are y’all going to change the perception of the community.
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