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Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) is a public school district based in Uvalde, Texas, US. Located in Uvalde County, the district extends into portions of Zavala and Real counties. In addition to Uvalde, the district serves the communities of Batesville in Zavala County, and Uvalde Estates in Uvalde County. The total land area of the district is 1,093 square miles (2,830 km2).

On May 24, 2022, 19 students and 2 teachers were killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary School, a school in the UCISD district. The district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. The district superintendent is Ashley Chohlis.

In 1949, the Batesville Independent School District began sending its students to Uvalde High School.

In 1970, students held a strike and filed a lawsuit against the district's board of trustees, accusing the group of not responding to complaints filed by parents, who requested Spanish-language medium communications and giving appropriate accommodations to English as a second language learners instead of classifying them as having deficiencies in their intelligence. An employee also accused the school board of not hearing grievances.

In 1973, Batesville ISD merged into Uvalde CISD.

On May 24, 2022, a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers and wounded 17 others at Robb Elementary School. On June 3, 2022, UCISD Superintendent Hal Harrel stated that Robb Elementary School would not be reopened and its building demolished, to avoid renewing traumas related to the shooting.

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department is the police force with primary jurisdiction over Uvalde CISD property.

In February 2020, the district's Board of Trustees approved Pedro "Pete" Arredondo as new Chief of Police of the UCISD Police Department. As of 2022, Arredondo commanded a team of six officers.

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