SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Valerie Shannon of Scottsdale, Arizona, said she’s happy that both her children are able to attend public schools in the city. She also looks forward to having more parental control over her children’s education under a universal school choice program that begins in Arizona on Sept. 24. However, all that might not happen if…

Five Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be investigated over the mishandled response to a mass shooting in Uvalde, the state agency confirmed on Sept. 7. Ninety-one DPS troopers rushed to Robb Elementary School on May 24, as the shooting took place. Officials at various agencies have described the response, which saw officers stand for…

A string of media outlets and organizations have filed a lawsuit against officials in Uvalde, Texas, for failing to publicly release records related to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The lawsuit was filed Monday in Uvalde County against the city of Uvalde, the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office, and the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. It asks…

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District school board voted unanimously on Wednesday to terminate the employment of the district’s Police Chief Pete Arredondo, three months after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary school in Texas. The vote came as Arredondo, who was one of the first responders on the scene, faced mounting criticism over his response to the mass shooting…

The governor of Texas on Wednesday announced that he’ll be hiring more than 30 additional law enforcement officers to strengthen security throughout the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) ahead of the new school year. “The beginning of a new school year should be an exciting time for students and teachers, and the State of…

A school board meeting that will determine whether Uvalde school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo’s employment will be terminated was delayed for the second time on Wednesday over “a scheduling conflict,” officials confirmed. The hearing was set to be held Thursday having already been rescheduled from the original date of July 23. According to Anne Marie Espinoza, executive…

The principal of Robb Elementary School in Texas, where a gunman opened fire on students and teachers in May, has been placed on paid administrative leave this week her attorney confirmed. Mandy Gutierrez’s lawyer confirmed the news to multiple outlets on Monday but did not provide any further information as to why his client was placed on leave….

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) on Friday canceled a special board meeting that was scheduled to discuss whether to terminate the employment of the school district’s police chief. The meeting was scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday but was canceled at the request of Arredondo’s attorney, the school board said in a statement….

The Uvalde, Texas, gunman gave off so many warning signs that he was obsessed with violence and notoriety in the months leading up to the attack that teens who knew him began calling him “school shooter.” He was once bullied as a fourth-grader in one of the same classrooms where he killed 19 children and…

The Uvalde, Texas, gunman gave off so many warning signs that he was obsessed with violence and notoriety in the months leading up to the attack that teens who knew him began calling him “school shooter.” He was once bullied as a fourth-grader in one of the same classrooms where he killed 19 children and…