I’m glad she was a “hero”. But it is too bad she had to be a martyr to the cause of “gun free zones”.
Think about how much better this story would be, if when the gunman walked in and found no students, he instead was facing this teacher with a gun in her hand, shooting him dead.
She had plenty of time to prepare. She knew there was a gunman. She was able to get the kids out. It would have been easy for her to get a gun out of a locked drawer, load it, and sit behind the desk pointing at the door, waiting for him to come in.
But instead, she could do nothing to save herself.
Easy to say, but almost impossible to accomplish. I am sure that the parents know that this young woman did all she could. Greater love than this no man has but that he lay down his life for his friends. A truly Christlike act.