The board split 5-4 against the policy, which was proposed a week earlier following a father’s post on social media that his daughter was distressed after she thought a boy was in the girl's bathroom.
Perkiomen Valley Superintendent Barbara Russell holds up the district's policy prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity during a school board meeting Sept. 5. Seated next to her is board president Jason Saylor. The board voted down a policy Monday that would have banned transgender students from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identities.
that his daughter was distressed after she entered a bathroom at the high school and believed a male was there. — failed, as Don Fountain, a board member who had previously voted in favor of advancing the policy, joined the dissenting four members in voting no. He didn’t give a reason for his decision.
The district’s superintendent, Barbara Russell, said the bathroom debate stirred on social media hadn’t been present in schools. “There are very few students that even choose to do this,” Russell said. “It has not been an issue for our schools or our principals in their leadership.”
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