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[quote=Anonymous]Welp, this is relevant to the convo but the bathroom situation at MCPS is getting more messy. CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) is pushing back on a lot about the way MCPS bathrooms work: https://wjla.com/news/local/cair-council-on-american-islamic-relations-montgomery-county-public-schools-mcps-bathroom-controversy-letter-monifa-mcknight-privacy-genders-perched-on-a-urinal-policies-gender-neutral-students-hijab-religion-occupancy-beliefs#

Particularly, around MCPS unilaterally loosening single-gender bathrooms to multi-gender bathrooms:

[QUOTE][list]Privacy doors for each individual stall in multi-occupancy public school bathrooms.
Closing off of urinals in each multi-occupancy bathroom in public schools from use unless and until privacy curtains or doors are installed around each individual unit.
Mirrors are installed on the inside of at least one stall door of each multi-occupancy bathroom so students who wear hijab (Islamic head scarf) and others can adjust their clothing in private.
Signage on multi-occupancy bathroom doors reflecting the school system’s guidelines on unisex and gender-neutral bathrooms so students are informed, prepared and aware of the changes before entering bathrooms, and have a reasonable opportunity (and additional accommodations/time if necessary) to seek out single occupancy bathrooms in school if they choose to do so.
New construction of public schools featuring plans exclusively for single occupancy bathrooms versus multi-occupancy bathrooms.[/list][/QUOTE]

I think these complaints have merit and MCPS should've been a lot more deliberate and thoughtful about how some of these changes would affect everyone and not just appeasing the transgender crowd.

I also thought these points made to MCPS about how it needs to consider the rights of ALL students with regard to using the bathroom to be incredibly sound:

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One student's rights should not violate the rights of others.
Every child deserves to be seen and valued without it being at the expense of others.
Schools have a responsibility to be transparent with parents about policies and guidelines.
Trust in the school system requires transparency and opportunity for community input.
No child should feel unsafe or have to wait to use the bathroom until they get home at the end of the school day because they feel they cannot uphold their sincerely held religious beliefs regarding privacy and modesty.[/list][/QUOTE][/quote]

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