Uvalde school board declined to fire Superintendent Hal Harrell on Monday night. Four grievances were filed against Harrell, who has worked in the Uvalde school district for 30 years.
The Uvalde school board emerged from a three-hour closed session on Monday night to direct Superintendent Hal Harrell to complete a number of tasks, including an outside review of Harrell’s actions during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary that left 19 children and 2 teachers dead.
“We need to remember that this is not personal. This is not a personal vendetta or attack against Dr. Harrell,” Ovedo-Kaura said during public comments. “You need to specifically be able to separate the personal from the professional. You sit in those seats with a responsibility to act based on the professional performance of an employee in the school district.”
Returning from a closed session, trustee Javier Torres read a motion into the record that would grant part — and reject part — of the grievances:
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