They’re now required at all Richmond and Petersburg public schools and elementary schools in Hopewell. But do they make things safer? In Richmond, the clear backpack policy went into effect this ...

A Gwinnett County mom is collecting backpacks to donate to children in need. The effort follows Gwinnett County's school safety pilot program involving clear backpacks, which the district ...

Dr. Taylor said a pilot program to implement clear backpacks turned out to be unpopular ... to try to go ahead and get that one-to-one in all elementary schools,” Dr. Taylor said.