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Education

We want to hear from parents, teachers and students about your reaction to the Uvalde school shooting

KUT 90.5

Published May 26, 2022 at 10:51 AM CDT

A sign outside Robb Elementary School — An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday.

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We're all processing what happened in Uvalde this week in our own ways.

We've been asking parents, teachers and students to tell us how life has changed for them in the past few days.

Listen to the audio above to hear some of the folks we heard from. Submit your own response below.

Parents, students and teachers: How are you feeling after the school shooting in Uvalde?

At least 19 students and 2 adults were killed at an elementary school in Uvalde on Tuesday. If sharing is part of how you process these mass shootings, tell us about how you're feeling. How is it changing the end of the school year for you? What do you think elected officials should do about preventing this kind of thing from happening again?
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