Mayor Don McLaughlin announced on Tuesday that the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting.
The mayor said that he spoke with Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District superintendent Hal Harrell, and that it was his understanding You can never ask a child to go back or go back in that school, and that he didn't give a timeline for the demolition.
According to Business Insider, Robb Elementary would be turned into something other than a school site while the school will be moved to a new address.
The elementary school has more than 600 students in the second, third and fourth grades.
Earlier this month, officials announced that students and staff will not return to the school. The superintendent had announced that officials are working on plans to serve students on other campuses, and will provide that information as soon as it is finalised, as the community grieves in the wake of last month s massacre.