DETAILS COMING UP IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES STUFF. DAVID.
THANK YOU, MIKE. TODAY MANY
STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO CLASS
IN UVALDE JUST A LITTLE OVER
3 MONTHS AFTER THE MASS
SHOOTING AT ROBB ELEMENTARY.
>> BUT FOR SOME SCHOOL ALREADY
BEGIN SEVERAL DAYS AGO. OUR
TEAM COVERAGE BEGINS WITH MARK
AUSTIN AND YOU ABOUT THE GOOD
MORNING.
>> DAVID AND STEPHANIE, GOOD
MORNING TO YOU. WE’RE LIVE
OUTSIDE UVALDE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, SINCE ROBB
ELEMENTARY WILL NOT REOPEN
STUDENTS, STAFF HAVE BEEN
REALIGNED OTHER CAMPUSES.
YOU’VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THAT
THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THE PLAN
CHANGED AT LEAST TWICE TEACHERS
AND SUPPORT STAFF FROM ROBB
ELEMENTARY ARE NOW AT UVALDE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH WILL
HANDLE GRADES 3, 4, CLASSES
BEGIN AT 7.40. THE SCHOOL HAS
ALREADY BEGUN FOR SOME FORMER
UVALDE EC ISD STUDENTS SACRED
HEART CATHOLIC SCHOOL WAS THE
FIRST SCHOOL IN THE AREA TO
REOPEN SACRED HEART STARTED
CLASSES A FEW WEEKS AGO IN
DOUBLE THEIR ENROLLMENT.
THEIR PRINCIPAL SAYS IT.
THEY ADDED AT LEAST KIDS GRADES
PRE K THROUGH 6TH GRADE.
HE SAYS NEARLY ALL THERE’S NEW
STUDENTS ARE PUBLIC SCHOOL
TRANSFERS AND EXPECTS MORE ON
THAT COMING DAYS AND WEEKS,
SACRED HEART PRIORITIES THIS
YEAR FOR SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS,
OFFERING MORE TUITION
ASSISTANCE, ADDING A FULL-TIME
COUNTER AND TRAINING TEACHERS
IN CHILDHOOD TRAUMA RESPONSE
ASKED ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS FOR
YOU. VALLEY STAYS. THEY START
THEIR SCHOOL YEAR. THE
PRINCIPAL SHARED THIS.
>> AND WE WE DO THIS TOGETHER
AS A TEAM.
>> A FEW ALL THE EDUCATORS HERE
IN A WHILE. THERE WE ARE AS ONE
HELPING OUR COMMUNITY. SO I DO
WISH THEM THE VERY BEST.
GOD BLESS YOU. AND I WISH YOU
WERE HERE IS EXCELLENT. FOR
ANYTHING YOU EVER NEED. WE’RE
HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
AND IN ANY WAY WE CAN ANYWAY,
I CAN. AND THEY TRULY TRULY WAS
THE TO TREAT. WE WISH THE BEST
FOR YOU AND YOUR TEACHERS.
THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR.
>> OVERALL, MISTER ALON SAYS
HIS STUDENTS DIDN’T SEEM OVERLY
ANXIOUS AS CLASSES BEGAN THEIR
SACRED HEART. THE KEY SAYS WAS
GETTING THE KIDS BACK, MAKING
THEM FEEL SAFE AND GETTING THEM
INTO A ROUTINE. OF COURSE, THE
GOAL IS THE SAME FOR UVALDE
EC ISD AS THE SCHOOL YEAR
BEGINS HERE AGAIN, WE’RE LIVE
OUTSIDE OF UVALDE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. THIS IS NOW HOME TO 3RD
AND 4TH GRADERS HERE IN UVALDE.
CLASSES BEGIN AT 7.40. AND ONE
OF THE THINGS YOU SEE BEHIND
ME HERE OTHER THAN THE LIGHT ON
THE SCHOOL AS SOME OF THAT NEW
FENCING. IT’S A NON SCALABLE
8 FOOT FENCING. THEY HAVE
STARTED THE SECURITY UPGRADES.
BUT AS WE’VE REPORTED
THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEGUN BUT ARE
NOT DONE AT NEARLY HALF OF THE
CAMPUSES HERE IN UVALDE.
SPEAKING UP, LET’S CHECK IN
WITH SARAH ACOSTA OVER LIVE AT
DALTON ELEMENTARY. GOOD
MORNING, SARA.
>> GOOD MORNING, MARK. AND
SPEAKING OF THAT FENCING HERE
AT DALTON ELEMENTARY WHERE PRE
K AND SECOND GRADERS ARE GOING
TO BE HAVING THEIR FIRST DAY
OF SCHOOL. THIS FENCE IS
COMPLETE OUT HERE. ONE OF THE
HALF OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HAS
SOME OF THOSE SECURITY UPGRADES
AND AS THESE FAMILIES GET READY
TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR, A LOT
OF THEM ARE STILL DEALING WITH
UNPACKING THIS TRAUMA AFTER
THEY WERE IMPACTED BY THIS
AWFUL TRAGEDY AT ROBB
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE
UVALDE TOGETHER RESILIENCY
CENTER IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT
HELPS THESE FAMILIES HEAL.
IT’S AN ORGANIZATION MADE UP
OF RESOURCES, SUPPORT AND
COUNSELING TO THOSE IN THE
COMMUNITY IMPACTED BY THE
TRAGEDY AT ROBB ELEMENTARY,
THE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
THE HORRIFIC EVENTS THAT
HAPPENED AT ROBB ELEMENTARY
BEING TEMPORARILY SET UP AT THE
UVALDE COUNTY FAIRPLEX. THE
RESILIENCY CENTER IS MADE UP OF
SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS BUT IS
BEING LED BY THE ECUMENICAL
CENTER OUT OF SAN ANTONIO.
I SPOKE WITH THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR ABOUT THE WORK THEY
HAVE DONE WITH UVALDE FAMILIES
AND HOW THEY ARE PREPARING
THEM. THE SCHOOL YEAR. THEIR
COUNSELING SERVICES AREN’T JUST
AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTY
FAIRPLEX. THERE ARE SOME
UNDISCLOSED LOCATIONS FOR
FAMILIES WHO WANT MORE PRIVACY.
COUNSELORS. WE’LL ALSO MAKE
HOUSE CALLS FOR SOME SPECIAL
CASES. NOW, SO FAR, THE
RESILIENCY CENTER HAS SERVED
MORE THAN 1500 FAMILIES AND
COMING UP LATER ON GMSA HEAR
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE
RESILIENCY CENTER ABOUT HOW
THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY WORKING
WITH THESE CHILDREN AND GETTING
THEM EMOTIONALLY READY TO HEAD
BACK TO CLASS. LIVE OUTSIDE
ADULT AN ELEMENTARY IN UVALDE.
I’M SARAH ACOSTA. KSAT, 12
NEWS, STEPH. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, SARAH. AND TEAM COVERAGE
WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING LIVE FROM UVALDE.