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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This post reads as yet another attempt to lob a culture war bomb into the room and watch people run in terror as it explodes. I don't know of a single independent school in the area that has multi-stall gender-neutral bathrooms. All of them are single-stall bathrooms. As posters have mentioned, bad stuff happens in whatever type of bathroom you have. Given the nature of the business you do in there, it's one of the few places in a school that offers any semblance of privacy, which means some kids will take advantage of it.[/quote]

Our k-8 has multi-stall (something like 3 or 4) gender neutral bathrooms. Another poster mentioned theirs did too. [/quote]

I mentioned ours but only one student goes in at a time, hence the “occupied” sign on the door.  It’s a total non-issue.
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Sounds good. Hopefully nobody abuses the "occupied" sign to keep others out -- i.e. if two kids went in at the same time to hook up etc.

I see the pros and cons of both sides of the argument for genderless facility, but if any abuse ever happens as a result of this, it will be a grave mistake. [/quote]

Our school is small (less than 100 in grades 6-8) and the bathrooms are right outside the classrooms so pretty well monitored.  A sexual assault is no more likely in a single-use than a multi-stall bathroom but nice try with your fear no getting.[/quote]

Interesting. Where's your data for this?[/quote]

Extensive study linked in this article.  Feel free to share countering data and reports, if such exists.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna911106

There is no evidence that letting transgender people use public facilities that align with their gender identity increases safety risks, according to a new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. The study is the first of its kind to rigorously test the relationship between nondiscrimination laws in public accommodations and reports of crime in public restrooms and other gender-segregated facilities.

“Opponents of public accommodations laws that include gender identity protections often claim that the laws leave women and children vulnerable to attack in public restrooms,” said lead author Amira Hasenbush. “But this study provides evidence that these incidents are rare and unrelated to the laws.”[/quote]

That's really where the concern is for me. It's more that any boy and any girl across multiple grades can now use the multi-stall toilets at the same time.  This opens up the opportunity for an older boy to assault a younger girl, or vice versa, I suppose. I would have never wanted to share a bathroom with boys back then.[/quote]

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