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Backpacks That Your Kids Will Actually Be Excited to Carry This School Year

One of my favorite back to school memories was getting a new backpack. It was always a rite of passage to have outgrown one and get a more grown up cooler new one. With my son I’ve tried to pass on ...
Yahoo

Parents say new clear backpacks at APS schools are not durable

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Public Schools’ clear backpack policy went into effect at five additional middle ...
Las Vegas Sun

Clear backpacks, cloudy logic: Can we prove they keep kids safe?

Earlier this month, students and parents arrived at a back-to-school backpack giveaway. Volunteers handed out school supplies, packs of chips and juice boxes for school lunches, and character-themed ...
WBOC

Dorchester County Public Schools Requiring All Students To Wear Clear Backpacks

CAMBRIDGE, Md. - For many on the Eastern Shore, back-to-school shopping is in full swing. But in Dorchester County, new backpacks are not on the list for students. That's because this year students ...
11Alive

'Flimsy and ridiculous' | Gwinnett County parents frustrated by clear backpack pilot program

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — In Gwinnett County, parents tell 11Alive the school safety solution is anything but clear. Their children are dealing with broken zippers, unraveling seams and giant tears in ...
KOAT Albuquerque

Bernalillo Public Schools introduces new clear backpack policy, aimed at increasing safety

HELP THEM FORM A REMEDIAL PLAN. BERNALILLO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NOW REQUIRING MANY OF ITS STUDENTS TO HAVE CLEAR BACKPACKS. PARENTS SAY THEY DIDN’T GET ENOUGH NOTICE. MANY LEARNING ABOUT THIS JUST A COUPLE ...
WUSA

Clear backpack giveaway puts focus on new Prince George's school security measures

OXON HILL, Md. — A clear backpack giveaway event in Oxon Hill on Thursday put the focus on the Prince George’s County Public School's new security policies. Families and excited kids are ramping up ...
Style Weekly

Seeing Through Clear Backpacks

Almost a year after Richmond Public Schools began enforcing clear backpacks for all students, a new RPS parent sees them for what they are. On Parenting is a new column about raising children in an ...
WBAY

Everything you need to know about GBAPS’ new clear bag policy

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The Green Bay Area Public School District is applying two new strategies they believe will keep students safer. The first is getting an updated school safety assessment, and ...
FOX5 Las Vegas

Some Las Vegas parents would like to see clear backpacks in CCSD schools

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) -The Clark County School District considered but then chose not to require clear backpacks as a possible way to keep guns out of schools. Escobedo Middle School considered the ...
KRQE Blogs

Parents say new clear backpacks at APS schools are not durable

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Public Schools’ clear backpack policy went into effect at five additional middle schools on January 6, and already, parents are noticing the bags are falling ...