Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District

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Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District
Address
1000 North Getty Street
Uvalde
, Texas , 78801
United States
Coordinates 29°13′20″N99°47′33″W / 29.2221°N 99.7925°W / 29.2221; -99.7925
District information
SuperintendentHal Harrell [1]
Chair of the boardLuis Fernandez [2]
Governing agency Texas Education Agency
Schools8 [3]
Budget$46.74 million (2021-2022) [4]
NCES District ID 4843720 [3]
Students and staff
Students4150 (2020–2021) [3]
Teachers278.92 (on an FTE basis) [3]
Student–teacher ratio14.9 (2020–2021) [3]
Other information
Website www.ucisd.net

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) is a public school district based in Uvalde, Texas, US. Located in Uvalde County, [5] the district extends into portions of Zavala and Real counties. [6] [7] In addition to Uvalde, the district serves the communities of Batesville in Zavala County, [6] and Uvalde Estates in Uvalde County. [5] The total land area of the district is 1,093 square miles (2,830 km2). [8]

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In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [9] The district superintendent is Dr. Hal Harrell.

History

Robb Elementary School in 2015 Robb Elementary School Uvalde Texas 2015.jpg
Robb Elementary School in 2015

In 1949, the Batesville Independent School District began sending its students to Uvalde High School. [8]

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. [10] An employee also accused the school board of not hearing grievances. [11] [12]

In 1973, Batesville ISD merged into Uvalde CISD. [8]

2022 school shooting

On May 24, 2022, a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers and wounded 17 others at Robb Elementary School. [13] 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. [14] [15]

Police department

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department is the police force with primary jurisdiction over Uvalde CISD property. [16]

In February 2020, the district's Board of Trustees approved Pedro "Pete" Arredondo as new Chief of Police of the UCISD Police Department. [17] [18] As of 2022, Arredondo commanded a team of six officers. [19]

Following the Robb Elementary School shooting on May 24, 2022, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department was criticized for its response to the incident. [20] [21]

In early July 2022, Chief of Police Pete Arredondo resigned from his city council position. [22]

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

List of schools

Batesville School Batesville, TX, School IMG 1886.JPG
Batesville School
Former schools

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  2. ↑ "Board of Trustees". Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
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  6. 1 2 "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Zavala County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved May 24, 2022.
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