suthdj wrote: Having an armed teacher hiding in a class room is next to useless, they need to be engaging the shooter, unless every teacher is armed and that is not going to happen any time soon.
Not at all useless IMHO. I have a friend who is an elementary school teacher and who has a CHL. I asked if she would be interested in having a weapon in her classroom if it were allowed, she said "Yes", and described this scenario:
While in class, sounds of screaming and shooting come from a nearby classroom. Her actions would be to herd all of her students into a corner of the classroom while taking a student's tennis shoe and wedging it under the door as a door stop. Next, she would get into another corner with a clear shot at the door. If the intruder comes to her classroom, and she'll know who it is by their attempts to force the door, she shoots through the door.
Odds are her students are safe.
No, it doesn't protect the entire school, and if a shooter comes to her classroom first, she's out of luck. Obviously there are limits to what a single individual can do.
Still, it sounds like a good plan to me. I'd be pleased to have a kid in her classroom.