THE RIGHT OF TRANSGENDER
INDIVIDUALS TO USE THE BATHROOM
WITH WHICH THEY
IDENTIFY.
IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT
CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE
NATIONAL STAGE.
STATES LIKE NORTH CAROLINA AND
LEGISLATURES LIKE THE ONE IN
SOUTH DAKOTA, WHO ARE OPPOSED TO
ALLOWING TRANS MEN AND WOMEN USE
RESTROOMS THEY FEEL
COMFORTABLE WITH, USUALLY BRING
UP THE TOPIC OF
BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS IN
SCHOOLS.
VALLEY NEWS TEAM'S,
"CORNELIUS HOCKER" REACHED OUT
TO LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS HERE IN THE VALLEY FOR
THEIR STANCE ON THIS ISSUE.
CORNELIUS...?
CHRISTINE, I REACHED OUT TO
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE
NORTH DAKOTA SIDE OF OUR VIEWING
AREA FROM CAVALIER
COUNTY, DOWN TO SARGENT COUNTY.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE
RESPONSES I RECEIVED REGARDING
SCHOOL DISTRICT'S STANCES ON
ALLOWING TRANS STUDENTS TO USE
THE BATHROOM WITH WHICH THEY
FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE.
JAMESTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICT'S SUPERINTENDENT
SAID "THEIR SCHOOL BOARD
RECENTLY BROUGHT UP THE
TOPIC AS AN AREA FOR FUTURE
POLICY STUDY AND THEY'VE NOT HAD
ANY STUDENT, FAMILY, OR
COMMUNITY REQUESTS IN
THEIR AREA."
BARNES COUNTY NORTH'S
SUPERINTENDENT SAID THIS IS ON
THEIR AGENDA FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL
BOARD POLICY
COMMITTEE MEETING. AND THEY'RE
HOPING TO HAVE A POLICY
IN PLACE BEFORE THERE'S A
PROBLEM
AND KENSAL PUBLIC SCHOOL'S
SUPERINTENDENT SAID HE HOPES
HIS BOARD WILL ADOPT A POLICY
WHERE STUDENTS CAN ONLY USE THE
BATHROOM BASED ON THEIR SEX AT
BIRTH.
WE'LL HAVE RESPONSES FROM
MINNESOTA SCHOOLS ON THIS ISSUE
FOR YOU ON VALLEY NEW LIVE AT 5
AND 6 TOMORROW. CHRISTINE?
