Teacher Faces $1000 Fine For Using Doorstop

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from abcnews.go.com

A teacher faces a fine of up to $1,000 and 90 days in jail because she propped open her classroom door with a rubber doorstop.

Assistant Fire Marshal Charles Vanatter issued the state fire code violation citation and confiscated the doorstop during a visit to Mountain View Elementary and Middle School in Union on Nov. 9. A court date has not been set.

State Fire Marshal Sterling Lewis Jr. said the corridor wall that contains the door is a smoke partition and the door must be able to close if there is a fire to hinder the spread of smoke. He said not all doors in the building fall under that designation, so some can be propped open legally and some can't... Entire Story Here