MCPS Looking Into 'All-Gender' Bathrooms in Schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve had decades of psychiatric anxiety issues due to no stall doors in my high school bathrooms. This will only give more kids a lifetime of anxiety issues . This is horrible

I actually wondered if this is why I can't poop in public. I have a lot of digestive issues. No stall doors in middle school or hs due to drug use and sex.

i developed severe constipation in high schools and would poop once a week. I have serious issues still especially with public bathrooms to this day but now I have Ibs type issues which get much worse with stress and anxiety . Literally my life revolves around this issue . They ruined my life

So private room bathrooms would have been a godsend for you. I know that they would for many of my students with disabilities.

This is going to be like ramps and elevators and closed captioning. Something originally driven by the needs of one group that turns out to have advantages for many people. Universal design for the win!

Absolutely.

Probably most people would prefer to use toilets enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, rather than stall walls that don't reach the floor or ceiling - no?

Yes but don't make the actual restroom unisex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had decades of psychiatric anxiety issues due to no stall doors in my high school bathrooms. This will only give more kids a lifetime of anxiety issues . This is horrible

I actually wondered if this is why I can't poop in public. I have a lot of digestive issues. No stall doors in middle school or hs due to drug use and sex.

i developed severe constipation in high schools and would poop once a week. I have serious issues still especially with public bathrooms to this day but now I have Ibs type issues which get much worse with stress and anxiety . Literally my life revolves around this issue . They ruined my life

So private room bathrooms would have been a godsend for you. I know that they would for many of my students with disabilities.

This is going to be like ramps and elevators and closed captioning. Something originally driven by the needs of one group that turns out to have advantages for many people. Universal design for the win!

nope it’s worse knowing people are waiting outside

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had decades of psychiatric anxiety issues due to no stall doors in my high school bathrooms. This will only give more kids a lifetime of anxiety issues . This is horrible

I actually wondered if this is why I can't poop in public. I have a lot of digestive issues. No stall doors in middle school or hs due to drug use and sex.

i developed severe constipation in high schools and would poop once a week. I have serious issues still especially with public bathrooms to this day but now I have Ibs type issues which get much worse with stress and anxiety . Literally my life revolves around this issue . They ruined my life

So private room bathrooms would have been a godsend for you. I know that they would for many of my students with disabilities.

This is going to be like ramps and elevators and closed captioning. Something originally driven by the needs of one group that turns out to have advantages for many people. Universal design for the win!

Absolutely.

Probably most people would prefer to use toilets enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, rather than stall walls that don't reach the floor or ceiling - no?

Yes but don't make the actual restroom unisex.

exactly. I like that in Europe you gave flooor length stalls but I was in a unisex bathroom in Strasbourg train station while they were renovating bathrooms do they decided to make a temporary unisex bathroom and I couldn’t go. I held it in

[Anonymous]

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Yes but don't make the actual restroom unisex.

Which part is the "actual restroom"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:nope it’s worse knowing people are waiting outside

That's an issue with any bathroom that is not your own private bathroom for your own private use.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:nope it’s worse knowing people are waiting outside

That's an issue with any bathroom that is not your own private bathroom for your own private use.

and I’d like to thank mcps for causing me this lifelong anxiety

[Anonymous]

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Yes but don't make the actual restroom unisex.

Which part is the "actual restroom"?

The actual waiting area where the sinks are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yes but don't make the actual restroom unisex.

Which part is the "actual restroom"?

The actual waiting area where the sinks are.

Ah. You want single-gender sinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had decades of psychiatric anxiety issues due to no stall doors in my high school bathrooms. This will only give more kids a lifetime of anxiety issues . This is horrible

I actually wondered if this is why I can't poop in public. I have a lot of digestive issues. No stall doors in middle school or hs due to drug use and sex.

i developed severe constipation in high schools and would poop once a week. I have serious issues still especially with public bathrooms to this day but now I have Ibs type issues which get much worse with stress and anxiety . Literally my life revolves around this issue . They ruined my life

So private room bathrooms would have been a godsend for you. I know that they would for many of my students with disabilities.

This is going to be like ramps and elevators and closed captioning. Something originally driven by the needs of one group that turns out to have advantages for many people. Universal design for the win!

Absolutely.

Probably most people would prefer to use toilets enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, rather than stall walls that don't reach the floor or ceiling - no?

Because it was deleted by the PC patrol on this site, I am going to repeat how stupid this all is.

Two years ago, I had a discussion with our Principal about whether our school could ever be repurposed as a primary school. She said emphatically NO WAY this would EVER happen because of the astronomical cost involved in switching the toilets and sinks to smaller ones. Hundreds of thousands of dollars for just one school.

Obviously, This did not include the cost of walls, locking doors and extra plumbing (basically gutting every restroom in every school) included in these fantasy rooms of the PPs. There is no way tMCPS can afford the many millions it would take to do this to every school.

You are looking at a communal room with stalls, folks. Maybe the stalls reach the floor but metal stalls with gaps, no doubt. They will not be soundproof and will not be private. The Super all but says this.

So those of you who act like these are going to be like Starbucks, you are living in a fantasyland of unlimited cash and riches. Our schools are overcrowded, our curriculum is failing, he a lmk ready right budget was slashed, not enough staff and you think the best use of declining resources is bathrooms for a couple kids per school?

Absurd. The one or two trans kids per school (many schools have none) should use the bathroom of their chosen gender, let girls have their safety and privacy (you know THEIR rights!), save MCPS ten million dollars that could be used for actual education and stop this insanity.

[Anonymous]

It would be great if they outfitted every health room with a special multi-function restroom, designed for one person to use at a time. It could be wheelchair accessible, non-gendered and stocked with hygiene products. It could have shelves and hooks so that students can even change clothes in the event that they need to. Anybody with special restroom needs could use it, but because it would be in the health room, there would be a staff member nearby, so it would be less likely to be abused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had decades of psychiatric anxiety issues due to no stall doors in my high school bathrooms. This will only give more kids a lifetime of anxiety issues . This is horrible

I actually wondered if this is why I can't poop in public. I have a lot of digestive issues. No stall doors in middle school or hs due to drug use and sex.

i developed severe constipation in high schools and would poop once a week. I have serious issues still especially with public bathrooms to this day but now I have Ibs type issues which get much worse with stress and anxiety . Literally my life revolves around this issue . They ruined my life

So private room bathrooms would have been a godsend for you. I know that they would for many of my students with disabilities.

This is going to be like ramps and elevators and closed captioning. Something originally driven by the needs of one group that turns out to have advantages for many people. Universal design for the win!

Absolutely.

Probably most people would prefer to use toilets enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, rather than stall walls that don't reach the floor or ceiling - no?

Because it was deleted by the PC patrol on this site, I am going to repeat how stupid this all is.

Two years ago, I had a discussion with our Principal about whether our school could ever be repurposed as a primary school. She said emphatically NO WAY this would EVER happen because of the astronomical cost involved in switching the toilets and sinks to smaller ones. Hundreds of thousands of dollars for just one school.

Obviously, This did not include the cost of walls, locking doors and extra plumbing (basically gutting every restroom in every school) included in these fantasy rooms of the PPs. There is no way tMCPS can afford the many millions it would take to do this to every school.

You are looking at a communal room with stalls, folks. Maybe the stalls reach the floor but metal stalls with gaps, no doubt. They will not be soundproof and will not be private. The Super all but says this.

So those of you who act like these are going to be like Starbucks, you are living in a fantasyland of unlimited cash and riches. Our schools are overcrowded, our curriculum is failing, he a lmk ready right budget was slashed, not enough staff and you think the best use of declining resources is bathrooms for a couple kids per school?

Absurd. The one or two trans kids per school (many schools have none) should use the bathroom of their chosen gender, let girls have their safety and privacy (you know THEIR rights!), save MCPS ten million dollars that could be used for actual education and stop this insanity.

The sane thing could be said about the costs associated with ADA compliance, but you know it's the right thing to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had decades of psychiatric anxiety issues due to no stall doors in my high school bathrooms. This will only give more kids a lifetime of anxiety issues . This is horrible

I actually wondered if this is why I can't poop in public. I have a lot of digestive issues. No stall doors in middle school or hs due to drug use and sex.

i developed severe constipation in high schools and would poop once a week. I have serious issues still especially with public bathrooms to this day but now I have Ibs type issues which get much worse with stress and anxiety . Literally my life revolves around this issue . They ruined my life

So private room bathrooms would have been a godsend for you. I know that they would for many of my students with disabilities.

This is going to be like ramps and elevators and closed captioning. Something originally driven by the needs of one group that turns out to have advantages for many people. Universal design for the win!

Absolutely.

Probably most people would prefer to use toilets enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, rather than stall walls that don't reach the floor or ceiling - no?

Because it was deleted by the PC patrol on this site, I am going to repeat how stupid this all is.

Two years ago, I had a discussion with our Principal about whether our school could ever be repurposed as a primary school. She said emphatically NO WAY this would EVER happen because of the astronomical cost involved in switching the toilets and sinks to smaller ones. Hundreds of thousands of dollars for just one school.

Obviously, This did not include the cost of walls, locking doors and extra plumbing (basically gutting every restroom in every school) included in these fantasy rooms of the PPs. There is no way tMCPS can afford the many millions it would take to do this to every school.

You are looking at a communal room with stalls, folks. Maybe the stalls reach the floor but metal stalls with gaps, no doubt. They will not be soundproof and will not be private. The Super all but says this.

So those of you who act like these are going to be like Starbucks, you are living in a fantasyland of unlimited cash and riches. Our schools are overcrowded, our curriculum is failing, he a lmk ready right budget was slashed, not enough staff and you think the best use of declining resources is bathrooms for a couple kids per school?

Absurd. The one or two trans kids per school (many schools have none) should use the bathroom of their chosen gender, let girls have their safety and privacy (you know THEIR rights!), save MCPS ten million dollars that could be used for actual education and stop this insanity.

The sane thing could be said about the costs associated with ADA compliance, but you know it's the right thing to do.

BS. How us this fair to young menstruating girls already embarrassed of their changing bodies? How is exposing them to boys the right thing to do? There are thousands more girls than trans kids but you don't care about trampling on the girl's rights! Women, wake up!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be great if they outfitted every health room with a special multi-function restroom, designed for one person to use at a time. It could be wheelchair accessible, non-gendered and stocked with hygiene products. It could have shelves and hooks so that students can even change clothes in the event that they need to. Anybody with special restroom needs could use it, but because it would be in the health room, there would be a staff member nearby, so it would be less likely to be abused.

People having to go to the health room to use a special bathroom is basically the opposite of the goal of this proposal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had decades of psychiatric anxiety issues due to no stall doors in my high school bathrooms. This will only give more kids a lifetime of anxiety issues . This is horrible

I actually wondered if this is why I can't poop in public. I have a lot of digestive issues. No stall doors in middle school or hs due to drug use and sex.

i developed severe constipation in high schools and would poop once a week. I have serious issues still especially with public bathrooms to this day but now I have Ibs type issues which get much worse with stress and anxiety . Literally my life revolves around this issue . They ruined my life

So private room bathrooms would have been a godsend for you. I know that they would for many of my students with disabilities.

This is going to be like ramps and elevators and closed captioning. Something originally driven by the needs of one group that turns out to have advantages for many people. Universal design for the win!

Absolutely.

Probably most people would prefer to use toilets enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, rather than stall walls that don't reach the floor or ceiling - no?

Because it was deleted by the PC patrol on this site, I am going to repeat how stupid this all is.

Two years ago, I had a discussion with our Principal about whether our school could ever be repurposed as a primary school. She said emphatically NO WAY this would EVER happen because of the astronomical cost involved in switching the toilets and sinks to smaller ones. Hundreds of thousands of dollars for just one school.

Obviously, This did not include the cost of walls, locking doors and extra plumbing (basically gutting every restroom in every school) included in these fantasy rooms of the PPs. There is no way tMCPS can afford the many millions it would take to do this to every school.

You are looking at a communal room with stalls, folks. Maybe the stalls reach the floor but metal stalls with gaps, no doubt. They will not be soundproof and will not be private. The Super all but says this.

So those of you who act like these are going to be like Starbucks, you are living in a fantasyland of unlimited cash and riches. Our schools are overcrowded, our curriculum is failing, he a lmk ready right budget was slashed, not enough staff and you think the best use of declining resources is bathrooms for a couple kids per school?

Absurd. The one or two trans kids per school (many schools have none) should use the bathroom of their chosen gender, let girls have their safety and privacy (you know THEIR rights!), save MCPS ten million dollars that could be used for actual education and stop this insanity.

The sane thing could be said about the costs associated with ADA compliance, but you know it's the right thing to do.

BS. How us this fair to young menstruating girls already embarrassed of their changing bodies? How is exposing them to boys the right thing to do? There are thousands more girls than trans kids but you don't care about trampling on the girl's rights! Women, wake up!!!!

+ a million.

At the core of it, this is just another idea to bully girls into political submission.

[Anonymous]

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BS. How us this fair to young menstruating girls already embarrassed of their changing bodies? How is exposing them to boys the right thing to do? There are thousands more girls than trans kids but you don't care about trampling on the girl's rights! Women, wake up!!!!

How would this expose girls to boys? Because they'd be using the same sink?