Schools going green with paperless fliers; Online notices save kids' backpacks for ac

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Schools have long relied on one emissary to deliver paperwork into parents' hands: students' backpacks.But driven by environmental and economic concerns, many schools now are posting notices online, instead, to remind parents of next week's dance recital or alert them to a new program at the local library. One school described the effort as taking back the backpack for academic concerns.

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