A particular faculty board assembly that was scheduled for Saturday morning to terminate Pete Arredondo, Uvalde faculties police chief, has been canceled.
The Uvalde Consolidated Unbiased Faculty District made the announcement on Friday.
"In conformity with due course of necessities, and on the request of his lawyer, the assembly to think about the termination of Chief Arredondo can be held at a later date which has but to be decided," the assertion from UISD mentioned.
Till then, Arredondo "shall be on unpaid administrative go away," the assertion mentioned.
Arredondo, 50, has come beneath hearth from neighborhood members and state officers for his conduct through the Robb Elementary mass taking pictures on Could 24, the place 19 youngsters and two lecturers have been killed in one of many deadliest faculty shootings in U.S. historical past. Arredondo has mentioned he didn't take into account himself in cost through the bloodbath.
Arredondo's firing was really useful by Superintendent Hal Harrell.
Final week, a scathing report by a Texas Home investigative committee discovered "systemic failures and egregiously poor determination making" surrounding the taking pictures.
After the report was made public, members of the family of the lifeless and members of the neighborhood lashed out throughout a Uvalde faculty board throughout a gathering final Monday, shouting, "Disgrace on you! Disgrace on you!"
Brett Cross, an uncle of 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia, who was amongst these slain, berated board members at size for not holding themselves accountable for the bloodbath. He significantly challenged members for not understanding faculty exit doorways have been locked to the surface and for not firing Arredondo.
"If he is not fired by midday tomorrow, I would like your resignation and each single considered one of these board members since you do not give a rattling about us or our youngsters," Cross mentioned, addressing Harrell.