My nurse always had them available, and in middle school the gym teacher put a little tray in the locker room.

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Anonymous wrote:Does FCPS have tampons in the bathrooms if so are they free? I got into a Facebook fight with my neighbor when she posted this video saying they should be free. I told her I don't want my tax dollars to pay for it. Some Women in Africa don't even use tampons so the girls in America won't die from it.

I'm with you OP. The other pp's have fallen into the "women are only victims held down by patriarchy" bullshit. I'm a woman that started her period at the age of 10 and have never expected free shit and survived just fine.

Are you aware that many girls in Africa DON'T GO TO SCHOOL when they get their periods?

Anonymous wrote:If they were dispensed free from a machine they would disappear on a daily basis, probably first thing in the morning, every morning.

Nurse should hand them out free as needed.

This. You can't just put free stuff in the bathrooms or they will disappear instantly. Girls can always get what they need from the nurse.

Really? With all the budget issues in FCPS, the think you can't get over is that some kids might get free tampons? This was worth a FB fight with your neighbor? I'd hate to be your neighbor.

If they were dispensed free from a machine they would disappear on a daily basis, probably first thing in the morning, every morning.

Nurse should hand them out free as needed.

I am in an FCPS elementary school. There are 25 cent (I think that's the cost, I'll have to double check) machines in the staff bathrooms.

Anonymous wrote:Does FCPS have tampons in the bathrooms if so are they free? I got into a Facebook fight with my neighbor when she posted this video saying they should be free. I told her I don't want my tax dollars to pay for it. Some Women in Africa don't even use tampons so the girls in America won't die from it.

I'm with you OP. The other pp's have fallen into the "women are only victims held down by patriarchy" bullshit. I'm a woman that started her period at the age of 10 and have never expected free shit and survived just fine.

So much money is wasted in a district as big as fcps. The tampons are nothing.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know about FCPS, but at the school where I work, if you need a pad you go see the nurse. This way the girls are responsible for their own needs, but have a backup if they need it.

I am not young, but this is the way it worked when I was in high school. I'm guessing that is the way it works in most schools. Some idiot in NY (I think it was a Congresswoman) wrote that girls were staying home from school because of lack of supplies. I'm betting the schools still have supplies available everywhere in the US.

Anonymous wrote:Does FCPS have tampons in the bathrooms if so are they free? I got into a Facebook fight with my neighbor when she posted this video saying they should be free. I told her I don't want my tax dollars to pay for it. Some Women in Africa don't even use tampons so the girls in America won't die from it.

Wow. I hope you don't have daughters and aren't a woman.

Anonymous wrote:Does FCPS have tampons in the bathrooms if so are they free? I got into a Facebook fight with my neighbor when she posted this video saying they should be free. I told her I don't want my tax dollars to pay for it. Some Women in Africa don't even use tampons so the girls in America won't die from it.

You sound like an amazing person.

I don't know about FCPS, but at the school where I work, if you need a pad you go see the nurse. This way the girls are responsible for their own needs, but have a backup if they need it.

that was an elementary school

I know last Novemeber when I went to voted I used the girls bathroom and noticed the tampon thing but didn't know if they were free or they were any there

Does FCPS have tampons in the bathrooms if so are they free? I got into a Facebook fight with my neighbor when she posted this video saying they should be free. I told her I don't want my tax dollars to pay for it. Some Women in Africa don't even use tampons so the girls in America won't die from it.