> No one asked That's not true. My district told parents it would lighten backpacks. They eliminated lockers. Now kids have to carry backpacks full of textbook

> No one asked That's not true. My district told parents it would lighten backpacks. They eliminated lockers. Now kids have to carry backpacks full of textbooks, AND their iPads, AND be responsible for both electronic work and paper work. Root cause: ebooks too expensive, schools were subject to the same racket as any student: rent-seeking publishers.