The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating Denver Public Schools (DPS) for a Title IX violation after its largest high school replaced a female bathroom with an “all-inclusive” gender restroom on the second floor.
The OCR, in a Jan. 28 letter to DPS Superintendent Alex Marrero, said East High School is being investigated for discriminating against its female students because there is an exclusive restroom for males but not females on that floor at East High School. A parent had complained about this issue during a board of education work session earlier this month.
“The administration has sacrificed the comfort of these young females for this dubious change by now limiting their option,” the letter reads, quoting a parent who spoke at the work session. “We, as adults, should be protecting students at all costs, not using minors for this social experiment. This, in my opinion, is unlawful, immoral, and is, in fact, a form of abuse.”…