Several Texas school districts are requiring students to use clear backpacks in the wake of last month's deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde.
that it will implement a clear backpack policy for students starting in the fall "in light of the recent school shooting, and in an effort to do everything we can to increase safety for our students and staff."Students walk to school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas wearing clear backpacks, as part of their schools new security measures after the Feb. 14, 2018 shooting that killed 17 people, in Parkland, Fla., April 2, 2018.
Additional security measures announced this month include having one front access point for entry and requiring that all classroom doors remain locked at all times, theThe new measures also came a month after a fake pipe bomb was found at the district's high school. The school was evacuated and a juvenile was taken into custody over the incident, school officials said.Clear backpacks have become common in the wake of school shootings.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, temporarily required its students to use clear backpacks after a deadly 2018 shooting on campus. Some studentsOxford Community Schools in Michigan alsoafter four students were fatally shot in a mass shooting at Oxford High School last year. Flowers, toys, and other objects are seen at a memorial for the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in nearly a decade resulting in the death of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 29, 2022.Following the massacre at Uvalde, in which the shooter entered the school through an unlocked door, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggested that
, among other security measures. He also requested that state lawmakers convene special legislative committees to make recommendations on school safety, among other areas.
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