Secondary school BATHROOMS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hallie Wells MS has some locked bathrooms.

I just don't see all the fuss over a few locked bathrooms.

Of course not. Your Depends are all you need.

Has any local PTA raised money to provide students with depends to help with this crisis?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:BCC has this issue

Wheaton HS has this issue.

Here's a running list:

Kennedy
Wheaton
Quince Orchard
Richard Montgomery
B-CC
Whitman
Paint Branch

Add WJ.

Einstein

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In addition to physical limitations (closing facilities) many schools also limit numbers of passes for students. I counted what my child is "entitled to" based on the policies at his school and he can go 5x/class during a marking period, and has 7 classes, so he can go to the bathroom 35/45 days. I guess the other days he just has to go during lunch or hold it.

I have given him permission to just leave the room if he's denied access to a bathroom and needs it. I'll deal with the discipline. His doctor is willing to write a note because my kid has suffered from health consequences related to holding pee and poop before.

+1 we ended up in the ER due to blockage from DC holding it too much.

It really makes me mad that all kids are being punished for the actions of a few. If those kids want to vape, let them vape their little hearts out. Why should my kid be punished for the bad things those kids do?

Bumping this for the person who keeps minimizing the issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Students are not allowed to use the bathroom during the first or last 10 minutes of class at my kid's school. So their options are:
-miss instruction time during class (and get yelled at while they are using the bathroom by security guards).
- wait until lunch, then wait 20 minutes in line at one of two open bathrooms.
- try to find and use one of the open bathrooms during passing periods and risk being late for class.

This is causing a lot of anxiety and stress.

Anyone have suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:nicole.asbury AT washpost.com

Nicole Asbury did a piece on Feb 26, 2023 titled 'Bathrooms are now some of the most dangerous places in Montgomery schools.'

Time for a one-year-later check in on MCPS school bathrooms, Nicole et al.

washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/26/montgomery-county-schools-bathrooms-dangerous/

Bump

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hallie Wells MS has some locked bathrooms.

I just don't see all the fuss over a few locked bathrooms.

Of course not. Your Depends are all you need.

Has any local PTA raised money to provide students with depends to help with this crisis?

Why don't you donate some Depends to your local school and tell them why you're doing it? Maybe that will bring some attention to the issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:nicole.asbury AT washpost.com

Nicole Asbury did a piece on Feb 26, 2023 titled 'Bathrooms are now some of the most dangerous places in Montgomery schools.'

Time for a one-year-later check in on MCPS school bathrooms, Nicole et al.

washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/26/montgomery-county-schools-bathrooms-dangerous/

Bump

WUSA 9 has a more recent reporting on state of school bathrooms. Someone may have already posted the link to the 2024 segment on this now very long thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hallie Wells MS has some locked bathrooms.

I just don't see all the fuss over a few locked bathrooms.

Of course not. Your Depends are all you need.

Has any local PTA raised money to provide students with depends to help with this crisis?

Why don't you donate some Depends to your local school and tell them why you're doing it? Maybe that will bring some attention to the issue.

This seems like a great solution.

[Anonymous]

These bathroom issues eclipse everything else. It's definitely one of the biggest problems facing our society.

[Anonymous]

ANY schools trying a new approach to bathroom issues? Is it working?

[Anonymous]

Why isn’t this problem being discussed at the BOE table?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why isn’t this problem being discussed at the BOE table?

Should be! Where is the student member?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why isn’t this problem being discussed at the BOE table?

Could it be because it's an imaginary problem?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why isn’t this problem being discussed at the BOE table?

Could it be because it's an imaginary problem?

https://thermtide.com/22277/news/locked-bathrooms-cause-frustration-among-students-and-staff/

https://thermtide.com/22666/popular/students-react-to-new-bathroom-policy/

I guess those kids live in imaginary land.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why isn’t this problem being discussed at the BOE table?

Could it be because it's an imaginary problem?

Visit any HS to see for yourself.