GRAND RAPIDS, MI – City High Middle School sophomore Karina Rodríguez had “mixed emotions” when Grand Rapids Public Schools announced Monday that it was reversing its backpack ban ahead of ...

which drew national headlines in late April when the district announced a backpack ban on May 1. Weapons have been confiscated from students four times this school year in Grand Rapids ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Public Schools are once again allowing backpacks inside school buildings. They were removed from schools last year, following four incidents involving guns ...

May 11 (UPI) --Public school district officials in Grand Rapids, Mich., say they have banned students from wearing backpacks following the fourth confiscation of a firearm so far this school year.

Grand Rapids ... backpacks after the fourth confiscation of a handgun from a student during the academic year. A loaded gun was found in a third grader's backpack at Stocking Elementary School ...

As a result of the confiscation, students at Grand Rapids Public Schools will no longer be able to carry backpacks inside school buildings, according to Roby. The ban is district-wide and will ...

Two Michigan school districts have banned students from bringing backpacks to schools in less than a month after several weapon concerns and incidents. Grand Rapids Public Schools is the second ...

The third-grade student was found with a loaded handgun in their backpack at Stocking Elementary School in Grand Rapids on Wednesday morning, according to the district. “This is as serious as it ...

Grand Rapids Public Schools said the decision came after it confiscated the handgun from the 8-year-old's backpack on Wednesday, the fourth time the district has found a student at school with a ...

Grand Rapids ... a district-wide backpack ban after finding a loaded gun in a third-grade student’s backpack on Wednesday. The situation, taking place at Stocking Elementary School, was brought ...