East Texas School Banned Backpacks

MARSHALL — Backpacks have been banned from Marshall Junior High School after students were caught with pocket knives on campus Friday. According to Interim Superintendent Brian Nichols, the skirmishes began Thursday morning with a fight on the junior high school campus, and on Friday students were caught carrying knives on campus. According to the Longview News-Journal, administrators were told by students that certain students had knives, and administrators proactively went out and confiscated the weapons.”

Nichols said as a result, MJHS principals called parents to inform them students would not be allowed to bring backpacks to school this week. “We added a police officer on the campus this week, heightened supervision by the staff there, and we have responded to it appropriately,” he said.