Setting priorities, meeting families: Uvalde’s new school superintendent gets to work
Uvalde’s interim school superintendent, Gary Patterson, takes a moment to look at Eliahna “Ellie” Garcia’s ofrenda at her gravesite during a Día de los Muertos gathering at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery on Wednesday while meeting her parents, Steven Garcia and Jennifer Lugo. Ellie, 9, was killed in the Robb Elementary shooting.UVALDE — Gary Patterson, the new interim school superintendent in Uvalde, has a lot to do, but he signaled his first priority on his second day at work.
In his first week, he had three meetings set up with victims’ family members and spoke to a handful of news outlets — a contrast with his predecessor, Hal Harrell, who, overwhelmed by media requests after the shooting, stayed mostly unavailable.If there is something he can’t do, he wants to be clear with the community about why, he said.
“It isn’t happening as fast as anyone wants,” Patterson said. “But it is not because we aren’t moving forward. We are.”“I want a culture where feel comfortable, where they are going to come, feel safe, have a good environment to work in; and we are providing the social needs for the kids and the adults as they need it,” Patterson said.
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