CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Corpus Christi Independent School District will be requiring students to have clear backpacks for the upcoming 2023-24 school year.
School board members voted unamisolusly at this week's board of trustees meeting to allocate over $247,000 in support of policy to allow clear backpacks -- applying to schools district wide.
CCISD provided 3NEWS with a statement that reads:
The backpack inventory will be used to supply campus webstores. As always, we will continue to aid our students needing help with supplies through private donations as well as resources such as our Office for Students in Transition.
District officials said this is a way to prevent students from bringing weapons to campus, vape materials and things that should not be brought to school.
The 2023 school year will begin Wednesday Aug. 9.
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