Temecula School Board Tables Debate Over Rules Limiting Shared Spaces With Transgender Students: Report

TEMECULA, CA — Temecula school officials on Tuesday tabled a proposal that would have required students to seek special accommodations if they wished to avoid sharing restrooms or locker rooms with transgender peers, The Press-Enterprise reported.

In a 4-1 vote, the school board shelved two measures that would have created rules for students seeking mental health or religious exemptions from sharing facilities with transgender peers.
Voting to table the policy were Board President Melinda Anderson and members Emil Barham, Steven Schwartz and Jen Wiersma.

The lone “no” vote came from Joseph Komrosky, who said such policies was like "putting lipstick on a pig." He said he wanted the opportunity to vote it down and never see it again.

Meanwhile, Barham was the one who suggested postponing the vote and said he wanted more time to create a new policy that would not stigmatize students by using mental health as an exemption.
Anderson said her daughter, who attends a private Christian school, wasn't made to change with students of the "opposite gender."

“Everyone who has come here and said ‘fight,’ what are your solutions?” Anderson said.

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