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Hill Country College Prep Reopens With Tighter Security After Campus Shooting

New rules seek to restore a sense of safety on campus.

A sign at the entrance of at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde greeted students and staffers Tuesday with the message “We are a Falcon family." It was the first day classes had resumed after a student shot a teacher and himself on campus. 
A Comal County sheriff’s deputy's vehicle is parked at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde on Tuesday. Students and staff returned for classes after a student shot a teacher and killed himself on campus last week.
Vehicles make their way through the drop-off area at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde on Tuesday. Students and staff returned for classes after a student shot a teacher and killed himself on campus last week.
People arrive at Hill Country College Preparatory High School on Tuesday. Students and staffers returned for the first day back at the school after a student shot a teacher and killed himself on campus on March 30.

Overview

  • Students and staff returned Tuesday under new rules that include a backpack ban and a larger police presence, with three Bulverde officers and one sheriff’s deputy on campus.
  • A district memo limited what students can carry to a school laptop, a charger, and a notebook, with lunchboxes held by staff until lunch and personal items kept with the nurse.
  • Staff will receive upgraded silent panic alert technology, and the classrooms tied to the March 30 shooting will remain closed for the rest of the school year.
  • Deputies say a 15-year-old shot a teacher during an 8:34 a.m. tutoring period and then killed himself with a .357 pistol that belonged to his grandfather.
  • Officials have not released the names of those involved, the teacher is recovering in a San Antonio hospital, and investigators continue to examine motive and how the gun reached the campus without an officer on site before the 8:55 a.m. shift.