The incident took place on Monday, March 30, at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde. The teacher has since been released, but the officials have not provided the identity of both the educator and the student. Parents have also questioned the school’s security.
Here’s what to know about the shooting one month later:
Authorities have released few details. Comal County Sheriff Mark Reynolds said the student’s family arrived at a reunification site expecting to see their child. Investigators say the 15-year-old used his grandfather’s .357 revolver. It’s unclear whether he was a student of the teacher.
The Comal school district asked the Texas Attorney General to allow it to withhold details requested by MySA through a public information request for more details on the story, including the identity of the student and teacher.
In an email to parents sent one week after the shooting, the district outlined several additional safety measures, including an increased law enforcement presence at th’e high school. It also said staff have been equipped with upgraded silent panic alert technology and that the campus will implement enhanced video surveillance, visitor management systems and threat assessment programs, while continuing its partnership with local law enforcement.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Kiera Nicole, a mother of a student at the school, said on social media she was planning to pull her child from public school, citing what she described as too many “close calls.”
“If the Comal Independent School District can afford Friday night lights, constant sports upgrades and extravagant stadiums at each HS campus, it can afford Monday morning security!,” she wrote. “This is not about one more annual lockdown training and a PowerPoint pretending that counts as a plan. This is about leadership. We have a school safety crisis,” she continued.