DETROIT (AP) — Backpacks filled with school supplies will be given to Detroit Public Schools Community District students in kindergarten through eighth grade as the new academic year starts.
The district says 33,000 backpacks will be distributed Tuesday.
Project Backpack was started in 2015 by the Mike Morse Law Firm and has been expanded this year.
The district ended last year with about 46,000 students. Last month, a recruiting fair was held to fill hundreds of teaching positions.
The district still is run by a state-appointed emergency manager but is transitioning back to local control. A new school board will be elected this fall and sworn in in January.
