The Flint Community Schools board in Michigan voted unanimously last week to ban backpacks after multiple incidents in which students brought weapons to school.
his teacher. He added that such a ban could erode trust between students and administrators.
Deborah Temkin, a school safety researcher and vice president of the research firm Child Trends, also said the ban might not be effective. Backpacks — and access to phones, health products and private personal items — can be a lifeline for students, she said. Temkin also suggested that a ban could have a stifling effect on students’ mental health.“Putting in measures like this reinforces that, actually, you should be afraid of the very people you’re going to school with,” Temkin said.
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