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It looks like the teacher who propped open the door has been identified and has admitted doing so.

“I thought the door closed [it didn’t] after I kicked the rock holding the door open [didn’t check if secured or pull it closed] AFTER I already knew there was a madman shooting at people out front” is a weak after-action excuse.

It was a high stress life&death situation that this teacher, and virtually no-one here commenting, has been in. Probably didn’t sit there penciling out scenarios but kicked the rock [if true, appears to be evidence this didn’t happen] and ran to hide. Tough situation, but I do hate the ‘it wasn’t really my fault’ excuse making.

This all changes my impression of the timeline of events. Teacher sees a man with a rifle coming towards the school. What does she do? She closes the door and runs down the hall, yelling ‘gunman, lock your doors!’ ‘gunman, lock your doors!’ until she reaches the ‘safety’ of her room. Isn’t that what anyone would do?

The building entered was closest to the gunfire directed at funeral home, the office was on the other side of the school. Why didn’t 110/111 hear her? They were showing a movie with their doors closed but unlocked. By the time the office announces a lockdown the gunman is already in the building and likely has already gotten into 110/111.

This is all speculation on my part and it doesn’t answer the question why the door didn’t lock/was propped open and much more importantly why the police waited an hour or so before entering the classroom where kids were dying.