Free menstrual products in bathrooms

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stupid idea, the nurse has them no need to waste money they don’t have on dispensers.

So every time a girl needs a pad or a tampon she needs to run to the nurse first? You must be a guy.

Girls have been going to school for a long time. We all managed to figure this out. If you want to donate some boxes, the nurse could give a box to a FARMS student. But at some point, people need to step up and provide for themselves.

I always tell my 11 year old the same thing. Want a tampon? Get a job loser!!!!

Or go to the school nurse? Is that really so hard?

Yes, it easily could be. I could go through some of the reasons that might make this difficult, but I’m sure you can imagine them yourself. Instead, I’d ask you to imagine all of the students— every last one, especially the boys— going to the Health Suite every time they need, or even might need, a few square of toilet paper. Instead of darting unobtrusively into a nearby restroom, the expectation is that they go to the Health Suite, get the toilet paper, make it to the restroom without an unfortunate mess, then return to class. For some kids, this might happen more than once a day. The lines at the Nurse’s Office during the lunch periods— not to mention the impact on the health suite staff — will likely be less than ideal, at best.

Sounds sort of crazy when you subject every student to this, doesn’t it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Terrible idea! Leave a basket in the front office, and in the nurses office. They can get them as needed. They can use TP for 2 minutes.

Most girls are embarrassed. This is cruel.

This is the truth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait , you guys don't already have this? What kind of third world county are you? Shocking. Seriously.

We already do have this. I have no idea why this thread continues. Everytime I've been in a restroom in my kids' schools there are available, free, menstrual products. A much bigger issue is that schools lock bathrooms to punish behavior.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stupid idea, the nurse has them no need to waste money they don’t have on dispensers.

So every time a girl needs a pad or a tampon she needs to run to the nurse first? You must be a guy.

Girls have been going to school for a long time. We all managed to figure this out. If you want to donate some boxes, the nurse could give a box to a FARMS student. But at some point, people need to step up and provide for themselves.

I always tell my 11 year old the same thing. Want a tampon? Get a job loser!!!!

Or go to the school nurse? Is that really so hard?

Yes, it easily could be. I could go through some of the reasons that might make this difficult, but I’m sure you can imagine them yourself. Instead, I’d ask you to imagine all of the students— every last one, especially the boys— going to the Health Suite every time they need, or even might need, a few square of toilet paper. Instead of darting unobtrusively into a nearby restroom, the expectation is that they go to the Health Suite, get the toilet paper, make it to the restroom without an unfortunate mess, then return to class. For some kids, this might happen more than once a day. The lines at the Nurse’s Office during the lunch periods— not to mention the impact on the health suite staff — will likely be less than ideal, at best.

Sounds sort of crazy when you subject every student to this, doesn’t it?

They just leave a basket by the door, take what they need, no wait. You’re making this much more complicated than it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stupid idea, the nurse has them no need to waste money they don’t have on dispensers.

So every time a girl needs a pad or a tampon she needs to run to the nurse first? You must be a guy.

Girls have been going to school for a long time. We all managed to figure this out. If you want to donate some boxes, the nurse could give a box to a FARMS student. But at some point, people need to step up and provide for themselves.

I always tell my 11 year old the same thing. Want a tampon? Get a job loser!!!!

Or go to the school nurse? Is that really so hard?

Yes, it easily could be. I could go through some of the reasons that might make this difficult, but I’m sure you can imagine them yourself. Instead, I’d ask you to imagine all of the students— every last one, especially the boys— going to the Health Suite every time they need, or even might need, a few square of toilet paper. Instead of darting unobtrusively into a nearby restroom, the expectation is that they go to the Health Suite, get the toilet paper, make it to the restroom without an unfortunate mess, then return to class. For some kids, this might happen more than once a day. The lines at the Nurse’s Office during the lunch periods— not to mention the impact on the health suite staff — will likely be less than ideal, at best.

Sounds sort of crazy when you subject every student to this, doesn’t it?

They just leave a basket by the door, take what they need, no wait. You’re making this much more complicated than it is.

I think you should have to walk to HR and get a few sheets of TP every time you need to take a shit at work. What's the problem?

[Anonymous]

My kid who’s had her period for almost 3 years now takes a small pouch with a pad and a spare of undies in her backpack all the time.
At our private MS the nurse has supplies.
I totally support trying this. It’s embarrassing going to the nurse when you’re a kid for something like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait , you guys don't already have this? What kind of third world county are you? Shocking. Seriously.

We already do have this. I have no idea why this thread continues. Everytime I've been in a restroom in my kids' schools there are available, free, menstrual products. A much bigger issue is that schools lock bathrooms to punish behavior.

OP is to dumb to understand this bill would apply to businesses and is not relevant to MCPS.

[Anonymous]

If anybody "plunders" menstrual supplies it would be an adult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think we owe it to girls to try it before we declare it a failure.

Great. Test it out in 3 MCPS middle schools for a year. Gather some data and see how it goes.

That is a reasonable approach before spending millions to implement it in all the schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think we owe it to girls to try it before we declare it a failure.

Great. Test it out in 3 MCPS middle schools for a year. Gather some data and see how it goes.

That is a reasonable approach before spending millions to implement it in all the schools.

They already did this several years ago. It is implemented.

[Anonymous]

What is the quality of the products? Because they stock paper towels with the same absorbency as plastic and one-ply TP, so I'm a little worried.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think we owe it to girls to try it before we declare it a failure.

Great. Test it out in 3 MCPS middle schools for a year. Gather some data and see how it goes.

That is a reasonable approach before spending millions to implement it in all the schools

Millions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stupid idea, the nurse has them no need to waste money they don’t have on dispensers.

I agree!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stupid idea, the nurse has them no need to waste money they don’t have on dispensers.

I agree!!

All of the kids should have to go to the nurse for every paper towel and piece of TP. That will show them.

[Anonymous]

If kids steal the supplies, it's not like they'll throw them out - they'll USE them. Which is the whole point. Some parents are weird and won't let their kids use tampons and so if a girl takes a few to get through to the next day or through the weekend that's okay with me.