Uvalde college district superintendent announces retirement months right after college capturing

Jack Birle

Oct 10, 03:25 PM Oct 10, 03:25 PM

The superintendent of Uvalde Consolidated Impartial Faculty District in Texas has announced he is retiring although the city of Uvalde, Texas, is however reeling from a school capturing in Could.

Hal Harrell declared his retirement by way of a publish on his wife's Facebook web page on Sunday, indicating he is "actually grateful" for the support he has been given.

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"I am truly grateful for your help and perfectly wishes. My determination to retire has not been designed evenly and was built right after substantially prayer and discernment. My wife and I love you all and this group that we each grew up in, therefore this choice was a complicated 1 for us. I have been blessed to function among awesome educators and staff who imagine in instruction for far more than 30 decades, which have all been in our wonderful community," Harrell mentioned.

Harrell mentioned he will continue to be in his position "throughout the calendar year until eventually a new superintendent can be named" and that it was "an honor and privilege to provide you all."

The announcement comes considerably less than 5 months just after a capturing at Robb Elementary College killed 21 people, such as 19 students. In his retirement announcement, Harrell mentioned his "coronary heart was broken" that working day and he "will always pray for every single important daily life that was tragically taken as very well as their family members."

The district announced Friday it experienced suspended the full school district's law enforcement department as an investigation into the law enforcement reaction to the capturing carries on.