Uvalde breaks ground on new elementary school with plans to honor victims of shooting
Uvalde was originally named after the oak trees that fill its landscape. Each branch of the school's tree will represent a victim. The construction for a new elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, officially broke ground on Saturday. The event comes more than a year after the May 2022 mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, with building planners finding ways to honor the victims through its schematic designs, including a tree at its center. Family members of the victims killed in a school mass shooting break ground for a new school in Uvalde, Texas, on Oct. 28, 2023. More than a year after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, the community broke ground on a new campus. Callaghan O'Hare/The New York Times via Redux Uvalde was originally named after the oak trees that fill the region's landscape. Each branch of the school's tree will represent a victim. The new elementary school is anticipated to open by the 2025...