Firing Arredondo now, Cross told CNN later that week, would be “too little, too late.” Cross, who had been raising
Uziyah as his son before the child was killed in the shooting, and some others in the community have been calling for
the superintendent, the board and the school police department to be replaced.
At a meeting Monday night, the school board met to review parents’ complaints calling for the superintendent’s removal. The board passed a motion that, in part, requires the superintendent to provide to the board names or organizations that could review the district’s administrative practices about accountability.
Some community members in attendance — including Cross —
expressed anger at the end of the meeting, with some saying that it took three hours to not accomplish anything.
“Come out Wednesday,” Cross said as he and others left Monday’s meeting. “I’m f**king tired of this bulls**t.”
CNN’s Andy Rose, Eric Levenson, Rosa Flores, Matthew J. Friedman, Christina Maxouris, Shimon Prokupecz and Rebekah Riess contributed to this report.