With gun control far from sight, schools redesign for student safety

Balloons are seen wrapped around a tree in caution tape at Robb Elementary School on May 31, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas, a week after the school shooting.

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A metal detector beeped, and Pastor Julián Moreno was turned away from his grandson’s school field day in February – until he put his orange pocket knife back in his truck.

At first, he found it aggravating.

“But then as I was walking back, I remembered what happened at Robb and it kind of sunk in,” said Moreno, who lost his great granddaughter, Lexi Rubio, in the shooting in Uvalde, Texas last May. “They were just trying to do a better job.”