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�What are you going to do to make sure I don�t have to wait 77
minutes bleeding out on the floor just like my sister did?� one
student asked at Monday's board meeting.

One by one, dozens of angry parents and residents lambasted the
Uvalde school board, repeatedly calling for the superintendent
to be fired and trustees to step down after more law enforcement
failures were revealed in the response to the shooting that
killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.

"Shame on you!" a chorus erupted as the meeting got underway
Monday evening.

Hundreds of community members crammed into an auditorium at
Uvalde High School, questioning school officials' handling of
safety and demanding accountability from the people paid to
protect children and school staff.

Several speakers reinforced calls for the firing of embattled
Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who remains
on paid administrative leave even after resigning his City
Council seat.

"If he�s not fired by noon tomorrow, I want your resignation and
every single one of you board members because y'all do not give
a damn about our children or us," Brett Cross told
Superintendent Hal Harrell and other board members.

Cross' niece, 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia, died in the May 24
shooting.

While some board members attempted to respond to the flurry of
complaints and criticisms, none offered concrete information or
details that assuaged the audience�s apparent fury. Instead,
they appeared dumbfounded by continued calls for transparency
and a change in leadership.

Monday's school board meeting, which lasted more than three
hours, followed the release of dramatic police bodycam video
that showed multiple officers expressing confusion and doubt
over the delay in moving in on the shooter.

Release of the footage follows a blistering report, released
Sunday, by a Texas committee that found �systemic failure and
egregiously poor decision making� by law enforcement and the
school district.

Investigators found a lack of leadership and coordinated
response among responding law enforcement agencies, problems
with school infrastructure and communication, including poor Wi-
Fi, unlocked doors and a failure to identify the gunman's
previous behavior as a potential threat.

"I am disgusted with your leadership," Robb Elementary School
parent Tina Ann Quintanilla-Taylor said at Monday's meeting.

Her daughter, Mehle Taylor, 10, lost her best friend, Rogelio
Torres, in the shooting. He was one of several of Taylor's close
friends killed in the massacre.

"I don't want to go to your school if you don't have
protection," Taylor told the school board Monday evening.

Last week, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District
announced security plans for the upcoming academic year
including relocating elementary students to other schools and
adding more security and fencing to campuses.

School officials said they plan to propose at postponing the
start of the academic year to after Labor Day as officials
finalize security plans upgrades, including hiring additional
law enforcement officers.

But parents, residents and even students from other Uvalde-area
schools say more needs to be done to protect children,
criticizing current plans as insufficient.

"How am I supposed to come back here?" asked Uvalde High School
student Jazmin Cazares, whose younger sister, Jaclyn, was among
those killed May 24.

"What are you going to do to make sure I don't have to watch my
friends die?" she asked. "What are you going to do make sure I
don't have to wait 77 minutes bleeding out on the floor just
like my sister did?"

Robb Elementary School parent Rachel Martinez said her daughter
cries at the thought of returning to school and feels safe only
at home with her parents.

�This failure falls on all of you," she said.

"You need to clean house," Martinez said. "You need to start
from zero. Hire experienced trained officers who are prepared to
take the responsibility to protect our children."

Monday's calls for accountability echoes what community members
have been demanding since the deadly shooting. Residents have
gathered in auditoriums, flooded the streets in protest and even
attended hearings across Texas in an attempt to secure justice
for the victims and understand how the law enforcement response
failed so spectacularly.

�I can hold myself together now because I�ve done my crying. Now
it�s time to do my fighting," said Vicente Salazar, grandfather
of Robb Elementary School victim Layla Salazar. "This is just
the beginning of a war you guys created."

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