Dozens of clear backpacks fall apart days after APS requires them at six schools

One week and $90,000 later, dozens of clear backpacks at one Albuquerque middle school have begun to fall apart at the seams ...
KOB 4

‘Unraveling at the seams’: APS-provided clear backpacks breaking within days

It hasn't even been a week since Albuquerque Public Schools put it's clear backpack policy in place on some campuses and part ...
WSB Radio

Gwinnett County’s clear backpack program is in effect as school reopens

As students head back to class from winter break in Gwinnett County, many will by carrying clear backpacks. It is part of a pilot program aimed at increasing school safety Gwinnett County has launched ...
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 ...
WSB-TV

Gwinnett County Schools clear backpack trial run ending Friday

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Friday marks the end of Gwinnett County Public Schools’ clear backpack pilot program. Selected schools across the state’s largest school district have been requiring students to ...
abc7NY

Parkland students slam clear backpacks: 'We want real change'

PARKLAND, Fla. -- Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are not happy about the clear backpacks they've been issued as a safety measure, decrying them as a temporary fix to a larger issue ...
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 ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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

On one of the cooler August afternoons earlier this month, students and parents arrived at Walker Park on Atlanta’s southeast side for a back-to-school backpack giveaway. The annual ritual that ...
WSB Radio

Gwinnett Co. schools ends clear backpack pilot, hope to add weapons detection system

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The clear backpack pilot program in Gwinnett County has ended with officials looking to go in a different direction. Gwinnett County launched the clear backpack pilot program at ...
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 ...
KVUE

Lockhart school district mandates clear backpacks for student safety this year

AUSTIN, Texas — As students prepare to return to school, Lockhart Independent School District has announced all students will be required to carry clear backpacks during the upcoming school year. The ...