Saturday marked three years since a gunman went into Rob Elementary School in Uvalde and killed 21 people.

School districts across the state, including Edcouch-Elsa ISD, have enacted several measures to keep their students and staff safe.

The anniversary of the deadly shooting comes in the wake of several school threats across the Rio Grande Valley. 

“I feel very bad and sympathetic towards the parents that are going through those issues with their children,” Leticia Navarro said.

Navarro said she’s hoping for more safety measures such as metal detectors, and more behavioral health intervention to catch bullying.

“We need to catch that before it becomes an issue,” Navarro said.

After the Texas Legislature allowed armed security guards at schools, Edcouch-Elsa ISD focused on the Texas Guardian Program.

“Actually, we were the first ones who implemented this program here in the RGV, from San Antonio south we were the first ones,” Edcouch-Elsa ISD Security Supervisor Leonel Hinojosa said.

The district holds trainings with police and their guardians. Chief Hinojosa said their 10 guardians are considered security personnel, and they go through regular drilling on shooter scenarios and use of force training.

The district also added more cameras and metal detectors on each campus.

“Students are aware that if they come through there and have some type of weapon, it's going to ring, it's going to alert us,” Hinojosa said.

Across the state, the Texas Education Agency increased the rate of intruder detection audits —where a person tries to get into the school to test security. 

The TEA audited 8,300 schools in the 2023-2024 school year, 1,000 more than the year before.

In 3% of those audits, the school learned someone could get in.

State lawmakers also recently passed the Uvalde Strong bill which that would require planning meetings between police, agencies and schools.

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