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The North Face Jester backpack is water-repellent and made with a suspension system endorsed by the American Chiropractic ...

Lynn Middle School is implementing a new policy for the 2025-2026 school year that bans the use of backpacks, aiming to ...

Back-to-school shopping? Good Housekeeping tested the best backpacks to help your kids stay stylish, organized and ...

What is the best size backpack for a child to carry for school? For preschoolers we would recommend starting with 12–15 inch backpacks. Elementary-aged kids often need 16–18 inch options to ...

The change is a reversion back to a school policy from before the COVID-19 era. Because of the pandemic, students were allowed to carry bags to keep their materials clean and isolated from others.

Row of school buses. Taken on Dec. 18, 2019. Middle school students in Aldine ISD are banned from bringing backpacks to their campuses or buses for the remainder of the academic year, adding the ...