The Perkiomen Valley School District, Pennsylvania, passed a policy requiring students to use bathrooms that exclusively match their biological sex after students protested the use of restrooms by trans people.
A few weeks ago, the district’s school board rejected policy 720, which prohibits transgender students from using bathrooms that do not correspond to their birth gender. However, after this decision, hundreds of students left the classrooms to protest the rejection of the rule.
Shortly after the children’s protest, the board voted on the policy again, and this time, it passed with five votes in favor and four against.
“I believe it had to do with all the students and the students voicing their opinion. That was huge, the student walkout that day and the community members coming through and talking at the board meeting, voicing their opinion. I believe that all this came together and worked on the school board members, and I was happy to see that they decided to change their policy,” Tim Jagger, a parent in the school district, told Fox News.
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Women were uncomfortable
Allowing men into women’s bathrooms and locker rooms caused problems after Jagger’s daughter ran into a male student in one of the school’s restrooms.
According to Jagger, his daughter was “emotionally disturbed” by the experience, so she decided to take to social media and tell what happened.
Shortly after, policy 720 was proposed and rejected, causing students to organize a protest with the help of parents and more students to express their discomfort.
“There has to be some changes. It’s just uncomfortable to see 19-year-old men or 18-year-old men in the bathroom,” said Victoria Rudolph, one of the district students who organized the protest. But finally, the privacy of boys and girls will be protected.
