Sandy Creek student dislikes proposed ban on backpacks

Sandy

Creek student dislikes proposed ban on backpacks

This letter is an

exact copy of one I sent to the Fayette County Board of

Education. It is in response to [The Citizen] article

[June 30] on the ban on backpacks.

My name is Rebel Yurack,

and I am going to be a junior at Sandy Creek High School.

I wish to respond to an

article I recently read entitled, "Schools eye

stricter dress code, book bags may be banned for

safety."

The dress code is not the

issue that disturbs me, but rather the ban on backpacks.

To be perfectly frank, I need my backpack.

If you have not noticed,

there are many students who do their homework at night.

For a person to do their homework, they must often take

books home. In many cases, they must take home three or

four books each night. These books are often two or more

inches thick, and weigh quite a lot. To carry these books

home every night without a backpack would become quite

burdensome.

To be honest, I would love

not to have the necessity of a backpack. But that is just

it - it is a necessity. I'm not sure how this could

be remedied, but there must be some way around it.

Why deprive hard-working

students of a small way of making a hectic life a bit

easier?

Rebel Yurack

Sandy Creek High School