ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Public Schools’ clear backpack policy went into effect at five additional middle schools on January 6, and already, parents are noticing the bags are falling apart. APS spent $90,000 to purchase 7,000 clear backpacks to implement the policy. Two weeks later, parents are frustrated, saying the provided bags are thin and have ripped or broken within the short time period.
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“They’re not made very good,” APS Wilson Middle School Grandparent Orby Ashcroft said. “They seem to fall apart. So I don’t think the kids are happy about it. Where I put his ice water, the thing tears.”
APS is replacing the bags free of charge and said that when a student comes in for a replacement, they recommend not keeping water bottles inside the bag, as moisture can corrupt the structural integrity…