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New worrisome year to begin at Texas elementary school where cops failed to stop shooting
New fencing is constructed around Benson Elementary School, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Following the shootings at Robb Elementary, new fencing is being installed on all campuses

A NEW and worrisome school year began in Uvalde, Texas, today, three months after police failed to stop a gunman killing 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.

Ashley Morales is putting her son, Jeremiah, back in class — because she says she has no other choice as a working single mother.

“I’m just nervous, scared,” said Ms Morales, whose son was a third-grader last year at Robb Elementary and lost three friends in the May 24 massacre.

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