does fcps have free tampons in the bathroom ?

[Anonymous]

I've worked in ACPS and FCPS and have never seen free tampons or any tamponsnin dispensers. Those dispensers are old and usually empty in both the student and faculty bathrooms.

Students ask to see the nurse or ask a friend if she has a pad or tampon. The nurse only has pads. I've had students who are comfortable with me ask if I have anything. They are usually really embarrassed. A lot of female high school teachers have an emergency supply of feminine products in their rooms to help desperate students (or desperate coworkers).

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Anonymous wrote:I certainly hope schools don't go around handing out free tampons. That will just encourage young girls to menstruate.

Right. Or, something realistic, you know, like grabbing handfuls of tampons at a time and defeating the purpose of having them there.

Can we hire you as the tampon police? It may be your life's calling.

Girls are "on their once a month for a week right". SO they should only get 5 tampons once a month... If they need more they should go to the doctor

Keep preparing for the interview ....

There may be a whole force if you get your way. There are several different posters you're replying to.

Great! More applicants for the tampon police. I'll help you to prepare for the interview. Here's your first question: If a girl takes one more tampon than she's allotted for the month, which of the following do you do?

A) grab her by the pu**y
B) tell her she's disgusting for going to the bathroom for a mensturation break
C) encourage her classmates to chant "lock her up"
D) all of the above

This really isn't political. You're getting a bit too worked up about this.

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Anonymous wrote:I certainly hope schools don't go around handing out free tampons. That will just encourage young girls to menstruate.

Right. Or, something realistic, you know, like grabbing handfuls of tampons at a time and defeating the purpose of having them there.

Can we hire you as the tampon police? It may be your life's calling.

Girls are "on their once a month for a week right". SO they should only get 5 tampons once a month... If they need more they should go to the doctor

Keep preparing for the interview ....

There may be a whole force if you get your way. There are several different posters you're replying to.

It kind of is political, though. OP is all worked up about tax dollars going to women's health.

Great! More applicants for the tampon police. I'll help you to prepare for the interview. Here's your first question: If a girl takes one more tampon than she's allotted for the month, which of the following do you do?

A) grab her by the pu**y
B) tell her she's disgusting for going to the bathroom for a mensturation break
C) encourage her classmates to chant "lock her up"
D) all of the above

This really isn't political. You're getting a bit too worked up about this.

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It kind of is political, though. OP is all worked up about his tax dollars going towards a women's health issue in schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Does FCPS have tampons in the bathrooms if so are they free? I got into a Facebook fight with my neighbor when she posted this video saying they should be free. I told her I don't want my tax dollars to pay for it. Some Women in Africa don't even use tampons so the girls in America won't die from it.

You sound like an amazing person.

Sounds more like a copy cat with the same post from fairfax undetground. Yawn.

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Holy hell people are crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing is free. We pay for it all.

It's the same budget that pays for everything.

At some point, personal responsibility must kick in. This seems ridiculous.

Agree. It's annoying when people think everything has to be "free". Somebody is paying for it.

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they can buy at home....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does FCPS have tampons in the bathrooms if so are they free? I got into a Facebook fight with my neighbor when she posted this video saying they should be free. I told her I don't want my tax dollars to pay for it. Some Women in Africa don't even use tampons so the girls in America won't die from it.

I don't want my tax dollars paying for your toilet paper either. So there's that.

[Anonymous]

Tampons are always free in my room. I put a Costco box in my supply cabinet and let it be known it's there for anyone who needs it. Even the principal has used my stash at time. And I'm very encouraging of a few of my lower income students to take a few at a time. One girl came up to me and asked if she could take a few to make it to Friday when her mom gets paid....really put things in perspective. She got her own costco size box of course!

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine a middle school and high school *not* have free tampons or pads for the girls - in the nurses office makes sense if you're concerned about kids stealing all of them or something.
It's not an issue of personal responsibility, it's an issue of ensuring kids can stay in class and focus on learning.
Many many many many teens have irregular cycles. It is guaranteed that some girl in every high school in the country will be caught off guard. And I don't know many kids that walk around with a quarter in their shoe anymore - it's not 1980 where they'll need it to call home after school.

Sure, they should always have something in their locker in case it starts while at school, but it should come as no surprise that teens aren't always 100% responsible with keeping all of their supplies in the right place at the right time, and resctocking as needed.

So given that it is a 100% certainty that some students will begin their cycle at school in the middle of the day and be unprepared for it, you can either:
1. Have a free supply in the nurses office, bathrooms, health room, or wherever is appropriate at that school
2. Have girls leave school or be horribly embarrassed when they don't have the needed supplies.

Because I actually care about education, I'm going with option #1.

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Anonymous wrote:Tampons are always free in my room. I put a Costco box in my supply cabinet and let it be known it's there for anyone who needs it. Even the principal has used my stash at time. And I'm very encouraging of a few of my lower income students to take a few at a time. One girl came up to me and asked if she could take a few to make it to Friday when her mom gets paid....really put things in perspective. She got her own costco size box of course!

You rock.

[Anonymous]

Not a mother of girls, but I think the school should have pads in the health room. If tampons and pads are provided in the restroom for free I'm sure they will be wasted, both the supplies and my tax dollars.

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Anonymous wrote:If they were dispensed free from a machine they would disappear on a daily basis, probably first thing in the morning, every morning.

Nurse should hand them out free as needed.

Absolutely

[Anonymous]

In 8th grade in my school there was a tampon dispenser. One day some bored girls took a bunch, soaked them with water and threw them up to stick on the ceiling. Another day people launched them across the room with a rubber band. It was pretty funny as I recall.

No, there should not be unlimited supplies of anything for middle schoolers because they will find ways to waste them and cause the custodial staff and teachers to throttle them.