No security officer was on campus during school shooting; possible motive revealed<\/a><\/p>\nComal County Sheriff Mark Reynolds said the gun had been accessible inside the residence, and that anyone who leaves a firearm unsecured where a minor can access it could face potential legal consequences. <\/p>\n
According to Texas Education Code, districts are required to have at least one armed security officer present during regular school hours.<\/p>\n
No School Resource Officer was on campus at the time of the shooting, despite an agreement with the Bulverde Police Department to provide SROs; however, district officials say the assigned officer\u2019s contract hours are 8:55 a.m. to 4:55 p.m., in line with school hours, and the shooting occurred at 8:34 a.m., before the official start of the school day. <\/p>\n
The shooting occurred in a second-floor classroom while most students were in the cafeteria, a factor officials say likely prevented additional injuries. <\/p>\n
The school was placed on lockdown shortly after 8:30 a.m., and students were transported to a nearby middle school for reunification with their families, where long lines of parents waited, some praying, as they were reunited with their children. <\/p>\n
State law requires an officer be present during regular school hours, which the district said it is in compliance with.<\/p>\n
State Rep. Josie Garcia, who helped pass the school security law in 2023, criticized the situation. \u201cI don’t want to play the blame game, but what we see here is gross negligence,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n
Garcia said districts need to have officers on campus as soon as the doors open. \u201cThat’s 8:55 a.m., that’s the time the bell rings. What time do students, teachers and staff arrive at the school? What time is the school being opened? It’s a no brainer, and it’s common sense, but what we’re seeing is a concerted effort to skirt regulations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Garcia said the incident underscores the need for more attention on mental health. \u201cWe understand that guns will get in the hands of bad actors, but we have no choice. We have no choice because children are losing their lives, and as we see here, at their own hands,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
North Texas Democratic state Rep. Mihaela Plesa is also calling for stricter regulations and said it is something she wants to take up during the legislative session next year. \u201cWe need to create safer environments for our kiddos in these schools, because you cannot expect kiddos to feel safe and learn at the same time,\u201d Plesa said.<\/p>\n
It was not known whether the grandfather knew the gun was missing. The district had not answered why a resource officer is not staffed earlier in the morning, but is working on our request for information.<\/p>\n
Hill Country College Preparatory High School, part of Comal ISD and known for its STEAM-based curriculum, is expected to reopen on the Tuesday following Easter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – New details continue to emerge following the Monday morning shooting at Hill Country College Preparatory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-230891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}