--- description: Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will have to carry their books in clear backpacks as part of new school safety measures. title: Parkland Students Mock New Mandatory Clear Backpacks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc78d75fb1836e3c7/69892ca4fb4eac7334896378/gettyimages-941118620.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Florida](/tag/florida/) ## Florida Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Parkland Students Are Mocking New Mandatory Clear Backpacks on Social Media by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2018 6:18 AM CUT  Students wear clear backpacks outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on April 2, 2018. Students wear clear backpacks outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on April 2, 2018.Sun Sentinel—TNS/Getty Images by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2018 6:18 AM CUT Students returning from Spring Break this week at Parkland, Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were greeted with some new gear: clear backpacks. Following a [shooting](http://time.com/5158678/what-to-know-about-the-active-shooter-situation-at-florida-high-school/ "undefined") at the school on Feb. 14 that left [17 students and faculty](http://time.com/5160564/florida-high-school-shooting-victims-names/ "undefined") dead, Broward County Superintendent Robert Runcie has [outlined](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4418150/pages/Letter-to-Parkland-families-p1-normal.gif "undefined") new campus safety measures, some for the entire district and others applying only to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. A new policy specifically for the site of the tragedy mandates, among other measures, that all students be provided with a transparent school bag, the only backpacks now allowed on the campus. Students and faculty also must now wear identification badges at all times. But many students, some of whom have become [leaders in a nationwide effort](http://time.com/longform/never-again-movement/ "undefined") to achieve gun control reform, weren’t impressed with the policy. One [lamented](https://twitter.com/Sarahchadwickk/status/980619370845081605 "undefined") that her school “is starting to feel like a prison.” Others took to social media to make further calls for regulating guns instead of teenagers’ property. Some simply had a laugh at the effort. Here’s how some Parkland students responded. > [](https://twitter.com/longlivekcx/status/976600736598458368) > [](https://twitter.com/JaclynCorin/status/980898527453773825) > [](https://twitter.com/xotyahmarie/status/980810506532478977) > [](https://twitter.com/lexforchange/status/980884006517518336) > [](https://twitter.com/delaneytarr/status/980779987006640130) > [](https://twitter.com/longlivekcx/status/980811164337676295) > [](https://twitter.com/lauren%5Fhoggs/status/980812862162657281) > [](https://twitter.com/giu0807/status/980806391224029185) > [](https://twitter.com/delaneytarr/status/980814573254082561) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5225739/marjory-stoneman-douglas-school-clear-backpacks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5225739/marjory-stoneman-douglas-school-clear-backpacks/"},"headline":"Parkland Students Are Mocking New Mandatory Clear Backpacks on Social Media","datePublished":"2018-04-03T06:18:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:51:16.446Z","description":"One lamented that her school \"is starting to feel like a prison\"","url":"https://time.com/5225739/marjory-stoneman-douglas-school-clear-backpacks/","keywords":["Florida","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc78d75fb1836e3c7/69892ca4fb4eac7334896378/gettyimages-941118620.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eli Meixler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eli/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc78d75fb1836e3c7/69892ca4fb4eac7334896378/gettyimages-941118620.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Plastic bags and clear backpacks -- but not metal detecting wands -- arrive at Stoneman Douglas","caption":"Plastic bags and clear backpacks -- but not metal detecting wands -- arrive at Stoneman Douglas","creditText":"Sun Sentinel—TNS/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/florida/","name":"Florida"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5225739/marjory-stoneman-douglas-school-clear-backpacks/","name":"Parkland Students Are Mocking New Mandatory Clear Backpacks on Social Media"}}]}] ```