Uvalde teacher who survived the mass shooting feels 'abandoned' by the school district
Arnulfo Reyes, the sole survivor of Classroom 111 at Robb Elementary School, says the district where he taught for more than a decade “abandoned” him in the year since a gunman killed 11 of his students and left him with injuries, both emotional and physical, that will never fully heal.
He has heard only twice from Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Gary Patterson, with each phone call lasting less than five minutes, Reyes said. Patterson’s predecessor, Hal Harrell, waited a month after the May 24 massacre to contact him.
“I refused him, because he had a whole month to visit me,” Reyes said.
Neither Patterson nor Harrell, who was the superintendent at the time of the shooting, responded to requests for comment. A spokesperson for the school district did not reply to multiple phone calls and emails.
“They’ve never really given support,” said Reyes, 46. “They just forgot us.”
The school district has been criticized for renewing contracts for several employees and administrators who were accused of mishandling communications with parents the day of the shooting. Parents have also complained about being silenced during heated school board meetings and being banned from school district property.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uvalde-teacher-survived-mass-shooting-feels-abandoned-school-district-rcna80708
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