A British Columbia high school has reopened single-sex washrooms after leaving only gender-neutral options available to students, following an outcry from concerned parents.
The administration at Pleasant Valley Secondary School in Armstrong, B.C., has designated two of its three newly opened gender-neutral washrooms as single-sex, in response to parents’ concerns about student privacy and safety.
As previously reported by The Epoch Times, the school on Jan. 9 had locked its previous single-sex washrooms and directed students to use newly opened gender-neutral facilities, while parents complained that they weren’t consulted about the decision.
The school had previously said the move was because of increased instances of vandalism in the single-sex washrooms, and that the gender-neutral washrooms allowed for greater supervision since their general areas are not behind closed doors….