MMMadcow wrote:
I had to get my daughter a sturdy backpack from l.l. bean this year. She was going through a backpack every few weeks. No way would a clear plastic bag last a week with all of her books. I weighed it once, and it was over 30 pounds. Just in textbooks. Her school doesn't have loaners for home use. I guess her school is too busy building foot ball stadium bleachers to worry about books.

LL Bean are the best. Both my kids have had their backpacks since 3 yr old preschool, so that means my son has had his for 9 years, my daughter for 7. Seriously, they go through the wash and everything. Now, it's become kinda a challenge to see if they can make it through high school with it.

We have had the clear ones to take on vacation and they are crap. I liked the see through factor for finding stuff easy, and I certainly don't care if my mooncup products are visible.

I've weighed my kids' backpacks, too. I let principal know, and she was pretty good about getting the teachers to back off the amount sent home. We can't have the wheeled ones at our school.