The Backpack Drop Zone: One Sixth-Grade Truth That Exposed Our Quiet Crisis

buzzing didn’t stop.

So I looked.

A message from a colleague: Have you seen this?

A link.

I shouldn’t have clicked.

But I did.

It was a short video. Shaky. Filmed through a cracked phone case. Clearly taken from the doorway of my classroom.

It showed the duffel bag hanging on the hook. It showed kids’ backpacks piled by the door. It showed the words “THE continue reading …