Parents at a British Columbia high school are voicing concerns about their children’s safety after the school closed their single-sex washrooms and left only gender-neutral ones for use by students, reportedly without consulting or informing parents.
Jolene Branconnier says her 16-year-old daughter was accosted by boys on Jan. 10 while in a stall of a gender-neutral washroom at Pleasant Valley Secondary School in Armstrong, B.C. The school had indefinitely locked its five single-sex washrooms the day before, leaving only three new gender-neutral facilities open.
