FILE - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden comfort principal Mandy Gutierrez as superintendent Hal Harrell stands next to them, at the memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in this week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 29, 2022. The attorney for the principal of the Texas elementary school where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers says Gutierrez has been placed on administrative leave on Monday, July 25. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

An attorney for the principal of the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, said the principal was placed on administrative leave Monday.

The principal of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, was placed on administrative leave, according to an attorney.

The reason for the move was not given by Cedillo. The spokeswoman for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District could not be reached.

The lock to the classroom where the killings happened on May 24 wasn't working and wasn't having it repaired.

Also Monday, the district school board approved a three-week postponement of the start of the district school year so district officials can replace Robb Elementary's classrooms.

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