Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Explained

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District
Address:1000 North Getty Street
City:Uvalde
State:Texas
Zipcode:78801
Country:United States
Superintendent:Hal Harrell[1]
Deputy Superintendents:or
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Chair Of The Board:Luis Fernandez[2]
Governing Agency:Texas Education Agency
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Schools:8
Budget:$46.74 million (2021-2022)[3]
Students:4150 (2020–2021)
Teachers:278.92
Ratio:14.9 (2020–2021)
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Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) is a public school district based in Uvalde, Texas, US. Located in Uvalde County,[4] the district extends into portions of Zavala and Real counties.[5] [6] In addition to Uvalde, the district serves the communities of Batesville in Zavala County, and Uvalde Estates in Uvalde County. The total land area of the district is 1093sqmi.[7]

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[8] The district superintendent is Ashley Chohlis.

History

In 1949, the Batesville Independent School District began sending its students to Uvalde High School.

In 1970, students held a strike and filed a lawsuit against the district's board of trustees, accusing the group of not responding to complaints filed by parents, who requested Spanish-language medium communications and giving appropriate accommodations to English as a second language learners instead of classifying them as having deficiencies in their intelligence.[9] An employee also accused the school board of not hearing grievances.[10] [11]

In 1973, Batesville ISD merged into Uvalde CISD.

2022 school shooting

See main article: Uvalde school shooting. On May 24, 2022, a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers and wounded 17 others at Robb Elementary School.[12] On June 3, 2022, UCISD Superintendent Hal Harrel stated that Robb Elementary School would not be reopened and its building demolished, to avoid renewing traumas related to the shooting.[13] [14]

Police department

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department is the police force with primary jurisdiction over Uvalde CISD property.[15]

In February 2020, the district's Board of Trustees approved Pedro "Pete" Arredondo as new Chief of Police of the UCISD Police Department.[16] [17], Arredondo commanded a team of six officers.[18]

Following the Robb Elementary School shooting on May 24, 2022, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department and other responding agencies was criticized for its response to the incident.[19] [20]

In early July 2022, Chief of Police Pete Arredondo resigned from his city council position.[21]

On August 24, 2022, the board of the school district fired Arredondo from his job as police chief by unanimous vote.[22] [23]

List of schools

Former schools

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Administrative Leadership . Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District . 1 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Board of Trustees . Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District . 1 June 2022.
  3. Web site: 2021–2022 Board Adopted Budget . Uvalde CISD . 1 June 2022 . 25 August 2021.
  4. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Uvalde County, TX . . 2022-05-24.
  5. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Zavala County, TX . . 2022-05-24.
  6. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Real County, TX . . 2022-05-24.
  7. Web site: 1998-12-06 . Home . Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District . https://web.archive.org/web/19981206153100/http://www.uvalde-cons.k12.tx.us/ . 2022-05-24. December 6, 1998 .
  8. Web site: 2009 Accountability Rating System . dead . Texas Education Agency . https://web.archive.org/web/20151025190535/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html . 2015-10-25.
  9. News: Murphy. Alice. Uvalde Board Sued in School Dispute. San Antonio Express-News. 1970-08-25. 1A, 14A . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: Second Suit Expected. Del Rio News Herald. 1970-08-25. 1 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Web site: What Robb Elementary School has meant in Uvalde's history of Mexican activism.
  12. News: 2022-05-24 . Live Updates: Texas elementary school shooting: At least 19 children, 2 teachers killed . 2022-05-24 . NBC News . en.
  13. News: Jimenez . Omar . Edwards . Meridith . Maxouris . Christina . ‘We’re not going back’: Uvalde superintendent reaffirms no students will return to Robb Elementary after massacre . . en . June 4, 2022 . June 6, 2022.
  14. News: Archie . Ayana . 2022-06-29 . The school at the center of the Uvalde, Texas, shooting will be rebuilt . en . NPR . 2022-08-31.
  15. Web site: Texas Education Code Section 37.081. Texas Constitution and Statutes Website.
  16. Web site: 2020-02-16 . Arredando to lead school PD . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527175844/https://www.uvaldeleadernews.com/articles/arredondo-to-lead-school-pd/ . 2022-05-27 . 2022-05-27 . Uvalde Leader-News.
  17. Web site: 2022-05-27 . KEEP UCISD SAFE . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524212020/https://www.ucisd.net/Page/2120 . 2022-05-24 . 2022-05-27 . www.UCISD.net.
  18. Web site: Langford . Terri . 2022-06-21 . "If there’s kids in there, we need to go in": Officers in Uvalde were ready with guns, shields and tools — but not clear orders . 2022-06-27 . The Texas Tribune . en.
  19. Web site: Despart . Zach . 2022-06-03 . In battered Uvalde, where a police chief is in hiding, grief gives way to calls for accountability . 2022-06-21 . The Texas Tribune . en.
  20. Web site: Amir Vera . Parents and residents call for Uvalde school board to fire district police chief during emotional open forum . 2022-06-21 . CNN.
  21. Web site: 2022-07-02 . Uvalde schools' police Chief Pete Arredondo resigns from City Council . 2022-07-02 . PBS NewsHour . en-us.
  22. News: 2022-08-25 . Uvalde school shooting: Embattled police chief Pete Arredondo fired . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-08-25.
  23. News: Uvalde school board fires police chief after mass shooting . en-US . Washington Post . 2022-08-25 . 0190-8286. Acacia. Coronado.
  24. Web site: Robb EL. National Center for Education Statistics. 2023-05-29.
  25. Web site: Schools. https://web.archive.org/web/20030214081014fw_/http://www.uvalde-cons.k12.tx.us/frames/schools.htm. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. 2003-02-14. 2023-06-09.
  26. Web site: García. Uriel J.. Hernández. Jinitzail . Before the school shooting, Uvalde was known for a 1970 Hispanic student walkout. Its aging participants fear its spirit and memory are fading.. Texas Tribune. 2022-06-22. 2023-06-09.

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