Michigan School District Bans Backpacks Over Safety Concerns
On the back of a door in a home in Flint, Mich., there hangs a black Trailmaker backpack that belongs to Jaxon Williams, a third grader at Freeman Elementary. It hasn’t been moved for nearly a week. “It’s officially retired, like a jersey,” said his mother, Ladel Lewis, a City Council member. That’s because Jaxon…