Quick Glance: Michigan School District Prohibits Students from Carrying Backpacks
- A public school district in Flint, Michigan, has prohibited students from carrying backpacks due to safety concerns.
- Instead, students are permitted to carry clear plastic bags with gym clothes, lunchboxes, and small purses that may contain personal items such as hygiene products, wallets, keys, and phones within reasonable limits.
- If a student brings a backpack to school, they will be required to call their parent or guardian to pick it up from the front office.
- The decision to ban backpacks was approved by the Flint Board of Education, the district's principal and administration, and in collaboration with the Flint Police Department, according to Flint Community School.
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Quick Glance: Learning areas, wellness rooms, and nature trails are included in the title. This is the future K-12 school.
- Instead, forward-thinking schools include adaptable "learning spaces," wellness rooms, touch-free lighting and plumbing, and, of course, upgraded HVAC for maximum ventilation.
- He collaborated with the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh on the Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School, which will open this fall in Seneca Valley, Pennsylvania.
- Between the lines: School designers must also consider enhanced security — such as open lines of sight — and climate change, which has led to some districts constructing storm and tornado shelters.
- Ehrman Crest, according to Hoggard, is Pennsylvania's first school with a full storm shelter for all 1,400 students and faculty.
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