He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

FeedMore’s Backpack Program provides children with bags of kid-friendly food to take home from school (or summer feeding sites) on the weekends to help nourish them until they are back at school ...

Though backpack bans are rare, school leaders across the state face a similar imperative to protect students from violence by any means necessary, oftentimes with limited resources at their disposal.