Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:47     Subject: Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
My middle schooler says that is where all the sex and vaping happens.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:35     Subject: Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
More info about this from 2019 in Bethesda Beat.

$10.3 million if it is implemented in every school, FWIW.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2019/05/23/renovating-mcps-bathrooms-into-all-gender-restrooms-could-cost-50k-each/
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:34     Subject: Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
This was in the news right before Covid hit. MCPS had plans to spend a bunch of money to investigate whether it could implement gender-neutral restrooms. The idea had a ton of support from DCUM.

Now that there were some issues in Loudoun County with restroom usage, I wonder if people might have a change of opinion.

I think it’s a terrible idea. Especially for MS girls and upper ES. But I’m clearly in the minority.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:33     Subject: Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:What? They had these last year if not before. You probably just didn’t notice bc Covid.

It’s a single stall.


At all schools? My kid seems to think it’s new. It looked new.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:31     Subject: Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
What? They had these last year if not before. You probably just didn’t notice bc Covid.

It’s a single stall.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:26     Subject: Re:Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:Inside the new bathroom are all spaces private stalls?
No urinals without a door?


Not sure. I didn’t walk in. My kid noticed it and said, “Wait…what’s that? Is it a bathroom for anyone? That’s new.”

I definitely saw a stall, but I didn’t see everything inside. It was not a single use restroom (like the ones for staff that have a locking door to the hallway). It was definitely communal.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:25     Subject: Re:Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Boys bathrooms are generally disgusting in public schools.


And all over the planet earth, my friend. All over the planet.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:22     Subject: Re:Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
Inside the new bathroom are all spaces private stalls?
No urinals without a door?
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:21     Subject: Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:Is it a third bathroom? Like one for girls, one for boys, and one for whoever?


I think so. It was adjacent to a single gender restroom in the hallway.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:18     Subject: Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
Is it a third bathroom? Like one for girls, one for boys, and one for whoever?
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:16     Subject: Re:Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The nurse's office has always had a gender neutral bathroom in every MCPS school I've ever been in, for the past 20 or so years, and there have been other single stall bathrooms used by both sexes as well. As a special educator, we've always had kids who had permission to use a single stall due to medical conditions that meant they needed more privacy.

It might be new that they're referring to it that way, but it's certainly not new that they have one.


That’s not what I’m talking about.

There is a new bathroom in the hallway with a sign indicating both girls/boys restroom.


That's good.


Maybe. Maybe not.

Boys bathrooms are generally disgusting in public schools.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:13     Subject: Re:Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The nurse's office has always had a gender neutral bathroom in every MCPS school I've ever been in, for the past 20 or so years, and there have been other single stall bathrooms used by both sexes as well. As a special educator, we've always had kids who had permission to use a single stall due to medical conditions that meant they needed more privacy.

It might be new that they're referring to it that way, but it's certainly not new that they have one.


That’s not what I’m talking about.

There is a new bathroom in the hallway with a sign indicating both girls/boys restroom.


That's good.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:11     Subject: Re:Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
Anonymous wrote:The nurse's office has always had a gender neutral bathroom in every MCPS school I've ever been in, for the past 20 or so years, and there have been other single stall bathrooms used by both sexes as well. As a special educator, we've always had kids who had permission to use a single stall due to medical conditions that meant they needed more privacy.

It might be new that they're referring to it that way, but it's certainly not new that they have one.


That’s not what I’m talking about.

There is a new bathroom in the hallway with a sign indicating both girls/boys restroom.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:08     Subject: Re:Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
The nurse's office has always had a gender neutral bathroom in every MCPS school I've ever been in, for the past 20 or so years, and there have been other single stall bathrooms used by both sexes as well. As a special educator, we've always had kids who had permission to use a single stall due to medical conditions that meant they needed more privacy.

It might be new that they're referring to it that way, but it's certainly not new that they have one.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2022 21:05     Subject: Does your grade school have a gender neutral bathroom?
Our school does. It’s new this year apparently. Is this a new thing across mcps?