{"id":2231962,"date":"2024-04-28T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T14:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-school-district-considers-bathrooms-with-no-doors\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T10:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T14:46:56","slug":"arizona-school-district-considers-bathrooms-with-no-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-school-district-considers-bathrooms-with-no-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona school district contemplates doorless bathrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-school-district-considers-bathrooms-with-no-doors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2231962&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-newsom-announces-2b-plan-to-reopen-schools-by-spring\/\" title=\"Calif. Gov. Newsom announces B plan to reopen schools by spring\">school district<\/a> is\u200d considering open-concept bathrooms with increased surveillance\u200b to address student\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schools-across-the-nation-see-rise-in-violent-behavior-after-return-to-in-person-learning\/\" title=\"Schools Across The Nation See Rise In Violent Behavior After Return To In-Person Learning\">behavior issues<\/a>. The proposed design aims to\u200b enhance monitoring\u2062 while ensuring \u2063student \u200dprivacy. Feedback is being sought to \u2062strike a\u2063 balance between privacy and safety. Community \u200bmembers emphasize the importance of privacy, \u200draising concerns about comfort and security. Teachers support the initiative\u2064 to minimize behavioral problems in school restrooms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A school district in Arizona is considering a new open concept bathroom that would allow staff to see into the facilities from a hallway, which the school\u2019s administration says was made to address student behavior.<\/p>\n<p>An administrator said during a presentation to the Peoria Unified School District\u2019s Board of Education Thursday night that the new design will allow for better monitoring of the facilities while maintaining privacy for students who are using them.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Molino, chief technological and operations officer, told the board that the new design for bathrooms in two high schools was made after talking with students, parents and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-parents-demand-schools-defund-school-resource-officers\/\" title=\"Maryland Parents Demand Schools \u2018Defund\u2019 School Resource Officers\">school resource officers<\/a> and addresses compliance with federal disability laws and safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The current bathrooms at Cactus High School and Ironwood High School are dated and do not allow staff to monitor what\u2019s going on inside, Molino said during Thursday\u2019s board meeting. The new design removes the wall that prevents staff from seeing what\u2019s going on inside the bathroom, which allows students to congregate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spoken with parents and students who tell me that students are uncomfortable using restrooms because other students use it as a hangout spot, which is not visible by staff,\u201d Molino told the board. \u201cWhen they do report it to staff, and the staff are made aware of it, they address it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Molino said the two guiding principles of the remodel were increased ADA accessibility and visibility into the bathrooms and that the project is in a stage where administrators are asking for input.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we gather feedback, we\u2019ll find a balance between privacy and safety,\u201d Molino said.<\/p>\n<p>Molino also said each stall in the bathrooms will have a vape monitor and there will be a camera outside the bathroom door to monitor the entryway. The doors to the stalls will have between a six- and 10-inch gap under them to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Community members were quick to point out the importance of privacy in bathrooms. An individual named Corky Haynes told the board that most public bathrooms give users a sense of privacy and that she couldn\u2019t tell if the proposed bathrooms would offer the same level of comfort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGirls and women, we kind of like that sense of privacy, maybe more than guys,\u201d Haynes told the board. \u201cThat would be my one concern before we do move forward and approve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pictures I just saw seemed like they were a little too open for feeling comfortable using them,\u201d Haynes added.<\/p>\n<p>Trina Berg, president of the Peoria Education Association, thanked the board for looking into changing the bathroom and said that, as a teacher, there were big concerns about students breaking the rules in the bathroom and recommended the bathrooms be as \u201copen as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe restrooms are a big source of behavior issues because our kids are congregating in there and right now if we know there\u2019s a big group of kids in there, we have to literally stand outside and yell \u2018Hey, get out of the bathroom,\u2019 or we have to walk in there,\u201d Berg told the board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really love the fact that we could see into that big, open area and be able to kick kids out of there that are just congregating,\u201d Berg said.<\/p>\n<p>Berg said that while privacy is important, the doors on the stalls are sufficient while allowing staff to monitor the room.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Toby, a parent of three daughters who attend schools in the district, said that when he showed the plans to them, they didn\u2019t like what they saw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey felt very vulnerable,\u201d Toby said. \u201cAnd what kind of place do we want to foster if we are going to make a plan where our daughters feel vulnerable going to the bathroom because it\u2019s wide open to the main hallway?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One senior at Ironwood said students support the changes to the bathroom because of the vaping and overcrowding that happens during passing periods or lunches.<\/p>\n<p>Board member Heather Rooks said that she was concerned with removing urinals because her seventh-grade son said, \u201cboys do not go pee in the toilets, they use the urinals because it\u2019s gross to pee in the toilet because they don\u2019t aim very well and it gets all over the rim of the toilet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Molino responded that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">high school<\/a> students<\/a> at Ironwood and Cactus haven\u2019t been using the urinals because of the congregating in the bathrooms, but an architect would have to determine how many fixtures would be in the school buildings.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rooks said daughters were also concerned about what would happen if they ran out of toilet paper and were trying to get to the next stall over because it would be open to the hallway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been to high school, too,\u201d Rooks said. \u201cThat is something that girls do, we\u2019ll jump to the next stall, so that\u2019s concerning.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Chalkboard News is published by the Franklin News Foundation, which also publishes The Center Square.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Arizona school district is mulling over an open concept bathroom idea that enables staff to have visibility from the hallway. This initiative is aimed at managing student behavior. 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