Edwardsville, Ill. School Board Approves a $6.8 Million Project to Build Gender-Neutral Bathrooms

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DIEKNEITE: "Take a look at your screen. These are renderings of the common area bathrooms boys and girls would share at Edwardsville High, featuring private, fully enclosed stalls for each student. There is a light above each room, indicating whether the stall is locked and already in use. District officials say the hand washing stations would be in the center for everyone to use, visible from the lobby and supervised during the busiest parts of the day. Still, some parents fear having teenage boys and girls in the same space like this is a bad idea. Monday night the board voted to pass the $6.8 million proposal meaning these new gender-neutral bathrooms are coming to Edwardsville High."