Robb Elementary School Principal Mandy Gutierrez, who was fired Monday after a Texas commission released a report into the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers in May, will return to work after defending herself in a letter to the commission . “Thank you for responding to our request for information by submitting your response to the Corps’ Investigative Report. As a result of our review, you will be allowed to return to work on this date (July 28, 2022),” CISD Superintendent Uvalde Hal Harrell wrote in a letter to Gutierrez obtained by Fox News Digital. A Texas commission partly blamed a “culture of non-compliance” at the school in a report earlier this month, saying that “school administrators and school district police … were aware of these dangerous practices and did not treat them as serious violations that require immediate correction. “ Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks with Maddy Gutierrez, Principal at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest US school shooting in nearly a decade, during a visit by US President Joe Biden at the school in Uvalde, Texas. U.S. May 29, 2022. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst) Gutierrez denied those allegations in a letter to the committee on Wednesday, writing that it is “unfair and inaccurate to conclude that I ever [became] I am complacent about any Robb Elementary safety issues.” FAMILIES OF UVALDE VICTIMS TO MEET WITH STATE COMMISSION OF INVESTIGATION POLICE RESPONSE TO SCHOOL SHOOTINGS “I will live with the horror of these events for the rest of my life,” he wrote in the letter. “I want to keep my job not only so I can take care of my family, but to continue to be on the front lines helping the child survivors, the families of all those affected, and the entire Uvalde community that I love and want to continue to be protected”. A law enforcement personnel lights a candle outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Gutierrez’s attorney, Ricardo Cedillo, said Thursday that she immediately began working again as a principal. “Ms. Gutierrez’s administrative leave with pay has been lifted and she has been fully reinstated to her position where she will continue to perform her duties and continue to serve all UCISD families,” her attorney, Ricardo Cedillo, told Fox News . Digital on Thursday. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Two Uvalde law enforcement officials – Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo and acting Uvalde Police Chief Lt. Mariano Pargas – have been suspended following the shooting. Paul Best is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @KincaidBest.
