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Bathroom Issue

by Karen

Jan 2, 2013

An issue has arisen just today at my daughter's high school and I wanted to get some opinions on it.

It all started back before Christmas Vacation. Because of all the time they missed due to Hurricane Sandy, the school changed the last day of school before Christmas vacation to a full day when they usually only have half a day. A lot of girls, including my daughter, were upset about that. A bunch of girls protested by clogging up quite a few of the toilets in the girls' rooms. I'm told that they unravelling huge amounts of toilet paper into the the toilets and then flushed them and made them overflow. As I understand it, they did this to over half of the girls' room toilets in the school.

The principal was livid about this and demanded that the names of those girls who did this be turned over to her. She warned of "serious consequences" if the guilty parties were not identified. Apparently, they never were identified.

Today, as they returned from Christmas...See MoreAn issue has arisen just today at my daughter's high school and I wanted to get some opinions on it.

It all started back before Christmas Vacation. Because of all the time they missed due to Hurricane Sandy, the school changed the last day of school before Christmas vacation to a full day when they usually only have half a day. A lot of girls, including my daughter, were upset about that. A bunch of girls protested by clogging up quite a few of the toilets in the girls' rooms. I'm told that they unravelling huge amounts of toilet paper into the the toilets and then flushed them and made them overflow. As I understand it, they did this to over half of the girls' room toilets in the school.

The principal was livid about this and demanded that the names of those girls who did this be turned over to her. She warned of "serious consequences" if the guilty parties were not identified. Apparently, they never were identified.

Today, as they returned from Christmas Vacation, the girls got a taste of those consquences. Over the break, she had the doors removed from the individual toilet stalls in all the girls' rooms in the school. As my daughter describes it, all the toilet stalls are now completely open in the front of you don't have any privacy when using the toilet. Today, my daughter came running home to the bathroom after holding it in all day in school. She says she'd rather go in her pants than use the toilet like this. Now, I certainly doubt that's true but she was truely quite desperate as she went running for the bathroom as she got home from school this afternoon.

My question is whether it's even legal to take the stall doors off the toilets in the girls' rooms. I know that boys' rooms are often like that (I'm told that the boys' rooms at my daughter's school have always lacked doors on the stalls), but I always thought that the girls' rooms where required to have doors on the stalls. I can assure you that my daughter isn't the only girl upset by this lack of privacy and I seriously doubt that she's the only one who's going to be avoiding using the girls' rooms in school. The principal explained the new policy today and she promised that the privacy doors would remain off the stalls until she had the names of those girls responsible for clogging the toilets before Christmas break.

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grandparent Karen: I would be surprised if any one ratted on anyone else on this. I have seen kids miss out on a lot of things in my children's schools over the years when a teacher made the same threat unless someone came forward. I have also seen kids who were honest speak up about doing something wrong and they were the only ones punished. The others didn't...See More

Jan 2, 2013

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Sonia V. Sounds like a questionable practice to me. I am sure the principal is desparate for the names of the guilty students. At my school, the names would have surfaced really quick as there are posters around our school, that students may turn in names anyonmously to the resource officer at our school and receive a # for the tip and if found valid, they ...See More

Jan 31, 2013

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Lisa E. On 1/02/13, Karen wrote: > An issue has arisen just today at my daughter's high > school and I wanted to get some opinions on it. > > It all started back before Christmas Vacation. Because > of all the time they missed due to Hurricane Sandy, the > school changed the last day of school before Christmas > vacation to a full day ...See MoreOn 1/02/13, Karen wrote: > An issue has arisen just today at my daughter's high > school and I wanted to get some opinions on it. > > It all started back before Christmas Vacation. Because > of all the time they missed due to Hurricane Sandy, the > school changed the last day of school before Christmas > vacation to a full day when they usually only have half a > day. A lot of girls, including my daughter, were upset > about that. A bunch of girls protested by clogging up > quite a few of the toilets in the girls' rooms. I'm told > that they unravelling huge amounts of toilet paper into the > the toilets and then flushed them and made them overflow. > As I understand it, they did this to over half of the > girls' room toilets in the school. > > The principal was livid about this and demanded that > the names of those girls who did this be turned over to > her. She warned of "serious consequences" if the guilty > parties were not identified. Apparently, they never were > identified. > > Today, as they returned from Christmas Vacation, the > girls got a taste of those consquences. Over the break, > she had the doors removed from the individual toilet stalls > in all the girls' rooms in the school. As my daughter > describes it, all the toilet stalls are now completely open > in the front of you don't have any privacy when using the > toilet. Today, my daughter came running home to the > bathroom after holding it in all day in school. She says > she'd rather go in her pants than use the toilet like this. > Now, I certainly doubt that's true but she was truely quite > desperate as she went running for the bathroom as she got > home from school this afternoon. > > My question is whether it's even legal to take the > stall doors off the toilets in the girls' rooms. I know > that boys' rooms are often like that (I'm told that the > boys' rooms at my daughter's school have always lacked > doors on the stalls), but I always thought that the girls' > rooms where required to have doors on the stalls. I can > assure you that my daughter isn't the only girl upset by > this lack of privacy and I seriously doubt that she's the > only one who's going to be avoiding using the girls' rooms > in school. The principal explained the new policy today and > she promised that the privacy doors would remain off the > stalls until she had the names of those girls responsible > for clogging the toilets before Christmas break. Karen, Regardless if this is legal or not, it is completely unacceptable. Teenage girls have enough problems dealing with their changing bodies, self-esteem, and forming identities without having to use the toilet publicly. Even locker rooms have doors on toilet stalls. What about dealing with issues of menstruation? This is absurd to me. Beyond that, many of the young women being punished are innocent. I take it the principle has a door on her bathroom? If I were a parent, I would be extremely upset. WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!

Feb 13, 2013

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