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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=cmsmeade]Rachel Carson is using lockers.  My kid struggled to figure out how to open it. Sigh. I must have helped 5 other families too. Hopefully the kids will remember or be able to help each other come Monday![/quote]

Yes, and they are also making a rule that backpacks have to stay in lockers. Essentially forcing kids to have to make endless trips to their locker for supplies. It doesn’t make sense.[/quote]

Strange. [/quote]

+1[/quote]

This is how it was in the late 90s in middle school here. You would carry the textbook and binder you needed to each class. You weren't allowed to carry a backpack. There was plenty of time.[/quote]

But now there is more stuff to carry - laptops, water bottle, etc.[/quote]

I've been teaching middle school for almost 25 years and I can guarantee you that there is [u]far[/u] [b]less[/b] for students to carry now than there was 5, 10, 15, or 20 years ago.

[u]For the first 10-15 years I was teaching, students carried:[/u]
-- Large, usually 3", binder OR separate 1" binders for each class
-- Textbooks for at least four classes, usually five (literature, math, history, science, and possibly foreign/world language)
-- Spiral for math
-- Large pencil case (most students, that is)
-- Lunch if they brought lunch from home

Then textbooks went away, but students still carried a massive 3" binder, a spiral for math, a large pencil case, a water bottle, and a lunch if they brought lunch from home.

[u]For the past several years, students have carried:[/u]
-- A folder for the few papers they get
-- Small pencil case
-- Laptop
-- Lunch if they brought lunch
-- Water bottle (about half of students)
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Ok well our school wants a mini white board, a binder, a spiral, etc. on top of the laptops and water bottles. A backpack is a nice place to keep all of that.[/quote]

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