The library where most of the shooting occurred was renovated in the years after the shooting. When a pair of students killed 12 fellow students and a teacher at Columbine High School in 1999, there was no precedent of renovation or rebuilding to follow. "Instead, you walked in the hallways, you heard students mingling, you heard professors discussing research, and I think that it's a wonderful way to honor the fallen." Columbine High School, 1999 "If Norris Hall was a boarded building, it would stick out like a sore thumb on campus for the tragedy," engineering professor Ishwar Puri told NPR in 2009. The building also now houses the university's Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, a research group that studies violence and criminal justice issues. Traditional classrooms were removed and replaced with study space and laboratories. Rather than be demolished, the wing of Norris Hall where the shooting took place was completely renovated and reopened in 2009. When a gunman killed 32 people at Virginia Tech University in 2007, most of the shooting took place inside a three-story academic building called Norris Hall.Īfterward, some in the university community called for the building to be torn down, but others were determined to reclaim its legacy. Clearly, safety was a part of it - how could it not? And yet it was part of a learning environment that would be delightful for the children, a place where they look forward to coming and every day engaged in a joyful process of learning." Virginia Tech University, 2007 "Right from the beginning, they said they wanted it to be welcoming," said architect Barry Svigals when asked in a 2014 NPR interview how his firm approached designing the new school. The new school, with its colorful blinds, massive windows and warm wood tones, was designed with safety features like bullet-resistant walls and windows. The Two-Way 4 Years After Tragedy, A New Sandy Hook Elementary Prepares To Open Its Doors Gone," said Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin in another local TV interview. I would never ask, expect, a child to have to walk through those doors ever, ever again. They're just destroyed," Gutierrez said over the weekend in an interview with local TV station KSAT. "I can't tell you how many little children that I've talked to that don't want to go back into that building. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat who represents Uvalde, says he has asked the federal government to provide funds to help rebuild. history?Ĭalls to demolish and rebuild the school began soon after last week's massacre. An aerial view of Robb Elementary School and the makeshift memorial for the shooting victims in Uvalde.Īs funerals begin in Uvalde, Texas, a familiar debate has begun: What should be done with Robb Elementary School, the site of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S.
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