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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then the binder has to be cleaned out daily: that's all there  is to it.  Get a duplicate filing system going at home and move things from the school binder to the home one every afternoon.   End of story.

Also a water bottle carrier with a shoulder strap if the water is on the 504.  Or two birds with one stone: DC gets a water break (fountain) at the start of (say) every other class period and stops at the locker on the way to or from.

The rules are inconvenient if your system bumps up against them, I know, but given that the rules aren't changing either DC needs a backpack accommodation or your system needs to change.[/quote]

We are trying our best. He already has unlimited bathroom breaks in his 504, but it actually negatively affects his learning time. He has accommodations for head coverings as well. This many accommodations eventually causes a ton of negative attention from other students. The main problem is that there is no basis for banning backpacks; this rule causes undue harm to students for no benefit.[/quote]

100% there is a basis for not having backpacks in a school. It is primarily a safety concern. It will not change.  Since your child has a 504 it sounds like it’s time for a meeting with the school counselor to brainstorm/develop a plan for his materials and also to help figure out his other accommodations so much that it does not negatively affect him.  [/quote]

That’s idiocy. If they band backpacks in middle school, but the high school that all the kids go to does not stand backpacks, there is absolutely no basis in security. They are morons.[/quote]

I'm the PP, thank you for calling us morons.  I am a teacher.  I do not want backpacks from middle schoolers in my room.  It is a safety concern.  If you don't like it, tough. [/quote]

What changes between middle and high school to make it no longer a safety concern? [/quote]

Become a teacher and you will find out.  Until then, be quiet and let us do our job.  The rule won't change so teach your child how to maneuver this, otherwise let him figure it out.   You can go find something else to complain about and make our job worse I'm sure. [/quote]

Exactly! Kids sneak enough stuff in their binders, Chromebook cases and pockets. We don’t need the additional distraction of backpacks. I have 40 kids in most of my classes and no place for back packs. Most MS kids have a before lunch binder and an after lunch binder. It’s works out fine.

FWIW, my own child attends a a private MS with less than 30 kids in the entire grade and they still don’t allow backpacks in class or the halls in MS or HS.[/quote]

Two binders doesn’t work. You’d still need them both to have shoulder straps because of the other stuff they carry. It’s unreasonable to say they cannot have a backpack.[/quote]

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