DISTRICT TO DISCUSS EASING TEENS' LOAD.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Sharing parents' concerns that carrying heavy backpacks could affect students' health, high school district trustees have scheduled a Wednesday study session on the issue. ``As one board member, I'm anxious to find out what was developed at the sites and with parents. They will be sharing that with the board,'' said board President Bill Olenick. ``We will see what our options are and the price tags that go with it.'' The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the district office, 44811 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . Parents have been raising their concerns over heavy backpacks at recent meetings, and some have requested that the district reinstall To go through the installation process once again, because files have become corrupted. See reload. student lockers, which were removed from local high schools nearly 10 years ago. The board in 1990 voted to remove lockers, citing $40,000 in annual costs to repair and maintain them because of vandalism The intentional and malicious destruction of or damage to the property of another. The intentional destruction of property is popularly referred to as vandalism. It includes behavior such as breaking windows, slashing tires, spray painting a wall with graffiti, and , and security concerns that students might use them to conceal conceal, v to hide; secrete; withhold from the knowledge of others. weapons, officials said. There are lockers available for special-education students and a shared locker Things commonly known as lockers include:
Olenick said Wednesday that reinstalling lockers would be too expensive. Other options that might be explored include making a second set of textbooks available to students or doing homework through computers, Olenick said. At a meeting in November, one parent suggested to the board that the district make available for purchase roller backpacks that have wheels and an extendible handle, just like carry-on luggage LUGGAGE. Such things as are carried by a traveller, generally for his personal accommodation; baggage. In England this word is generally used in the same sense that baggage is used in the United States. See Baggage. . |
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