Maryland School System Safety Concerns

Students often struggle to find and use an open ______ during the 5-minute passing period, Arjumand said. Instead, they’ll ask for a bathroom pass in class, but that’s caused a new problem — some students have been taking and keeping class-designated passes so they can use the bathroom whenever they want. At Julius West Middle School in Rockville, administrators have taken a different approach. Students carry around a paper that teachers have to sign when the student goes to the ______, said Marc Eckstein, who has two children enrolled at the middle school. Students get a new form each quarter that monitors how often they go to the ______, he said, and there is a cap on how many times they can use it to leave class for the bathroom each quarter. Eckstein believes an open ______ design in Montgomery schools would resolve some of the issues. In that setup, toilet stalls are private with floor-to-ceiling doors and walls, but the hand-washing area is open and completely within view of the hallways. There are no urinals and the space is open to all genders. The design is similar to the ______s adopted at Saint Paul Public Schools in Minnesota. “It’s constantly monitored and more of a deterrent because it’s not going to be the congregating space anymore,” Eckstein said. Administrators say they regularly check bathrooms throughout the school buildings, Baxter said.

Students often struggle to find and use an open ______ during the 5-minute passing period, Arjumand said. Instead, they’ll ask for a bathroom pass in class, but that’s caused a new problem — some students have been taking and keeping class-designated passes so they can use the bathroom whenever they want. At Julius West Middle School in Rockville, administrators have taken a different approach. Students carry around a paper that teachers have to sign when the student goes to the restroom, said Marc Eckstein, who has two children enrolled at the middle school. Students get a new form each quarter that monitors how often they go to the ______, he said, and there is a cap on how many times they can use it to leave class for the bathroom each quarter. Eckstein believes an open ______ design in Montgomery schools would resolve some of the issues. In that setup, toilet stalls are private with floor-to-ceiling doors and walls, but the hand-washing area is open and completely within view of the hallways. There are no urinals and the space is open to all genders. The design is similar to the restrooms adopted at Saint Paul Public Schools in Minnesota. “It’s constantly monitored and more of a deterrent because it’s not going to be the congregating space anymore,” Eckstein said. Administrators say they regularly check ______ throughout the school buildings, Baxter said.

At Julius West Middle School in Rockville, administrators have taken a different approach. Students carry around a paper that teachers have to sign when the student goes to the ______, said Marc Eckstein, who has two children enrolled at the middle school. Students get a new form each quarter that monitors how often they go to the restroom, he said, and there is a cap on how many times they can use it to leave class for the bathroom each quarter. Eckstein believes an open restroom design in Montgomery schools would resolve some of the issues. In that setup, toilet stalls are private with floor-to-ceiling doors and walls, but the hand-washing area is open and completely within view of the hallways. There are no urinals and the space is open to all genders. The design is similar to the restrooms adopted at Saint Paul Public Schools in Minnesota. “It’s constantly monitored and more of a deterrent because it’s not going to be the congregating space anymore,” Eckstein said. Administrators say they regularly check bathrooms throughout the school buildings, Baxter said.

Eckstein believes an open ______ design in Montgomery schools would resolve some of the issues. In that setup, toilet stalls are private with floor-to-ceiling doors and walls, but the hand-washing area is open and completely within view of the hallways. There are no urinals and the space is open to all genders. The design is similar to the restrooms adopted at Saint Paul Public Schools in Minnesota. “It’s constantly monitored and more of a deterrent because it’s not going to be the congregating space anymore,” Eckstein said. Administrators say they regularly check bathrooms throughout the school buildings, Baxter said.

Administrators say they regularly check ______ throughout the school buildings, Baxter said.