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It's possible that another teacher told him. I have to tell you, this was a hot-button topic in my school district between teachers and administrators. PreK teachers in my school district were pulled from class to attend meetings at least once a month. We kept telling administrators that...

In my school district, substitutes and teacher aides are not given keys. Every time we had a lockdown drill, teachers would point this out to administrators. I'm so sorry for Ms. Rousseau, but perhaps now administrators will address this aspect of classroom security.

I believe I read that she was a long-term sub for a teacher who was on maternity leave. My guess is that she had been there a few weeks. moo

A bushmaster is a semi-automatic assault-style rifle. It's what was needed to do the most amount of damage in a short amount of time.

Wow. If he was interested at all in the Aurora shooter, this is possibly more than just a "coincidence".

After his plane landed, Dylan texted his friend about how his head was numb and vibrating after the plane ride. Now, that could mean nothing, or it could mean that he was coming down with a cold or sinus infection, plane ride caused discomfort from fluid in his ear, and the next morning he just...

This is a possible red flag to me. I've seen this happen in cases where parents were unhappy with a school's recommendation for placement. I've sat on both sides of the table during ARDs, both as a teacher and as a parent, so I understand that it is the parent's right to refuse the school's...

Or he could have been coming down with a cold or sinus infection and his ears were stopped up and ringing - and that could also explain why he had a hard time getting out of bed the next morning. imo

Dylan's friend even contradicted himself in the article in the Durango Herald. He said that he would have expected Dylan to let him know he was running late, but he also said that Dylan was known to randomly show up.

Well, it would be interesting to know if MR had martial arts training. He doesn't seem the type, but you never know.

If LE suspects that MR and DR did have a fight, I hope they looked at him carefully when he filed his missing persons report - looking for scratches, cuts, etc. But, if they had noticed something like that, surely they would have obtained a search warrant much sooner than they did. I know that...

I taught Kdg and PreK for over 30 yrs and, IMO, you handled this very well. I would have done the same. Whenever we had lockdown drills or even fire drills, I always referred to them as "safety drills", because I didn't want the children to be anxious.

There are also cases, such as Ayla Reynolds or Lisa Irwin, where LE tried to put pressure on the parents through the media. In the case of Isabel Celis, they used Child Protective Services to put pressure on the family. In this case, there's just nothing at the moment that indicates how their...

The father did release a statement late this afternoon expressing his remorse. I haven't heard about the son, though.

A "dry run" so to speak? Gauging what would be necessary to gain access to the classrooms?

I still think it's significant that the shooter had his brother's ID on his person at the time of the shooting. Regardless of his motives for initially acquiring it, I believe that having his brother's ID found on his body was part of the plan. The shooter's father and brother were both...

What a strong faith he has. It sounds like she had a wonderful family. Her grandfather recently died in a tragic accident. What a difficult time for this family.

That may not be logistically possible in such a short amount of time. After the crime scene has been thoroughly been processed, the school will need cleaning and repairs. They will also have to hire another principal, psychologist, and 1st grade teacher (these are the only staff casualties I'm...

I'd be curious to know if he had been interested in news coverage of the Aurora shootings. I also heard that the shooter's brother hadn't had contact with him for a couple of years. I wonder if he had his brother's ID on his person as a final attempt to send some kind of message to his brother.

He was under the duress of having his son missing on his watch. And people who are panicked don't always respond in ways that make sense to people watching from the outside. jmo