Broward Faculties Ban Backpacks for Ultimate Days of Faculty Yr

Broward County Public Faculties have determined to ban backpacks and bookbags for the ultimate few days of the varsity yr this week, to keep away from any main incidents of violence.

Beginning Tuesday till Thursday, when faculties within the county go on summer time break, college students can be prohibited from taking backpacks to high school. The varsity district says the non permanent ban is because of an “overabundance of warning for safety causes.”

Broward faculty board member Lori Alhadeff was the one who proposed the ban to the district’s superintendent, “to stop any kind of weapon from stepping into our faculties.”

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Broward County Public Faculties Superintendent Dr. Vickie Cartwright mentioned it’s meant to assist keep away from pranks and different disruptions.

“The vast majority of our faculties normally do that anyway,” Cartwright mentioned. The Superintendent mentioned there is no such thing as a public faculty in Broward that’s exempt from the rule.

In Miami-Dade County, an identical rule applies to some faculties.

Jaquelyn Calzadilla, the varsity district’s communication director, mentioned the ban is customary at center and excessive faculties over the past three days. However this yr, nearly all of elementary and Okay-8 faculties in Miami-Dade are becoming a member of the observe.

There are, nevertheless, exceptions for college students with particular wants.

The announcement in Broward comes within the aftermath of the Might 24 taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, the place 21 folks, together with 19 college students, died and 17 have been injured.

Identical to the 2018 Parkland taking pictures in Broward County, the 18-year-old shooter in Uvalde was armed with an AR-15 rifle.