DALLAS — Even as Republican state leaders stressed “hardening” schools and increasing security measures as a response to the state’s deadliest shooting in Uvalde, educators stressed the community aspect to their campuses.
They are gathering places where families celebrate their students’ awards each quarter, watch children pack the auditorium at choir concerts and fill the hallways for meet-the-teacher nights.
Voters trickle into gymnasiums on Election Day to cast their ballots, and families in need can bring home meals from school-based food pantries.
