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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 Va...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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my opinion Clogging the toilets was unbelievably childish, but I strongly disagree with the principal's response. Clearly she is hoping that peer pressure will lead someone to rat out the perpetrators. I would think that word would get out who did it even without this extreme measure of depriving all of the girls of their privacy. If I were a parent, I would ...See MoreClogging the toilets was unbelievably childish, but I strongly disagree with the principal's response. Clearly she is hoping that peer pressure will lead someone to rat out the perpetrators. I would think that word would get out who did it even without this extreme measure of depriving all of the girls of their privacy. If I were a parent, I would definitely call or email the principal and express my objections. Please let us know what happens.

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 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.

Jan 2, 2013

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Good luck On 1/02/13, my opinion wrote:

I have no idea whether this is legal or not- schools can do some very foolish things - almost as foolish as what the girls did.

But this very thing has been brought up on these boards before - as I recall in another school the doors were taken off because there were girls smoking in the bathroom. ...See MoreOn 1/02/13, my opinion wrote:

I have no idea whether this is legal or not- schools can do some very foolish things - almost as foolish as what the girls did.

But this very thing has been brought up on these boards before - as I recall in another school the doors were taken off because there were girls smoking in the bathroom.

punch this into google - > > "removing doors off stalls in girls' bathrooms' - lots of sites will come up all regarding other schools where this same tactic was used for one reason or another. You'll get much more real information from those sites than from our speculations. > > > >> >> >> >> >> >> 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.

Jan 6, 2013

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