Backpack Ban News Today

Ocean City, New Jersey is taking action against gatherings of drunken teens on the beach and boardwalk.

Grand Rapids Public Schools held a safety forum Saturday so district leaders could get feedback from community members.

Sea Isle City's new curfew is now in effect through September 15. Other shore towns are also taking a new approach to handling rowdy teens.

The Houston school district joins a growing list of schools across Texas and the United States to prohibit the use of backpacks among its students.

Thursday, during the middle of the school day, more than 100 students walked out of City High Middle School in Grand Rapids to protest the new backpack ban.

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The director of the National Center for School Safety spoke with FOX 17 Friday on how districts go about determining safety mechanisms and procedures to implement.

“The backpack ban is not ideal but, at the end of the day, they have to do whatever it takes to get the guns out of the schools,” Tim Russ, a union representative, said.

Grand Rapids Public School banned backpacks Wednesday after another student brought a gun to school.

The decision was made on Wednesday, May 10, when a loaded handgun was found in a third-grade student’s backpack.