The Restroom Laws Movement

So far, over the past month, I have emailed 450 out of 500 school districts (ten in each state), asking them if they provide any regulations for teachers when they determine the appropriate time to grant a student permission to use the restroom. To date, 87 have replied with basically the same answer: there are no written policies, only an expectation for the teachers to apply “common sense” and use “best judgement.”

36 districts have replied asking me to more thoroughly identify myself before they will answer my question, and about another 50 emails bounced back because the email address on the district’s web site turned out to be invalid. I have yet to contact the last 50 districts on my list, and to receive responses from all the others.