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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

so you expect an already financially stretched-thin school district to make these changes in every school?  would the Feds pay for it?  I am assuming it would take resources (a teacher/admin) to retro-fit each school and come up with these schedules.  How much would all this cost?  serious question.[/quote]

Some of the options I mentioned at 21:22 involve little or no costs, listing a few here.  
 - They could take 1/2 the school bathrooms and make them strictly sex segregated, and the other half gender inclusive. 
 - They could create curtained dividers in locker rooms for those with sex segregation needs, and those without. 
 - They could time shift the locker room, so those with modesty needs have a private time, and another shift where the rest of the students can change. 
 
In fact if you read the proposed [url=http://fcpspride.org/transregulations/]regulations[/url], they are requiring schools to have additional staffing (not one person, but a team of people) to support the trans kids, with a student-specific support plan for each trans kid.  As tax payer, I think it is indeed a good question for the SB how an "already financially stretched-thin school district" afford to do all these to begin with.

Trans Regulation excerpt below...
[i]When a school is made aware of a student’s gender non-conforming or transgender status, schools shall offer to convene a support team for the student. The support team shall be a multidisciplinary team that may consist of the parents or guardians, student, classroom teacher(s), administrator, school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, and/or other staff members as appropriate for this collaboration.  The student and the student’s parents or guardians may have input into the composition of the team and also may invite any representatives of their choosing to include physical and mental health professionals or advocates.
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[i]Support teams shall develop a student-specific support plan to provide the gender non-conforming or transgender student with safe and equitable access to all school and school division facilities and activities, addressing any particular issues raised by the student or the student’s parents or guardians. The support team shall consider the student’s needs, protection of student privacy, maximization of social integration, minimization of stigmatization, student age, and any perceived safety risks as they contemplate appropriate supports and arrangements. [/i][/quote]

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