Graduating 8th Graders Get Ballistic Shields For Backpacks

CHADDS FORD, Pa. (AP) – Graduating eighth graders have received a parting gift from their Pennsylvania school: ballistic shields for their backpacks.
A company that makes the bulletproof inserts gave them to students during a ceremony Monday at St. Cornelius School in Chadds Ford, outside Philadelphia. Faculty members also received the 10-by-12-inch inserts.
Unequal Technologies says the shields resist many types of bullets, shotgun blasts, shrapnel and knives. However, the lightweight pan