Alabama lawmakers claim LGBTQ school bathrooms are an 'issue', ...

[Whiskeytide]

“The push to stop Alabama students from using a bathroom that doesn’t correspond with their sex assigned at birth came from Alabama schools themselves, according to the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Scott Stadthagen, R-Hartselle.”

“But AL.com has been unable to verify Stadthagen’s claims that “almost every single school district in this state is dealing with this issue with opposite genders wanting to use opposite bathrooms.”
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“ Stadthagen has not responded to AL.com’s repeated requests for comment or to explain which schools had faced issues.”
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“Stadthagen declined to name specific schools, saying he didn’t advise naming names.“
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“He declined to name any schools when pushed by a member of the House education policy committee for specifics.“
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“AL.com has been unable to locate the principal Stadthagen mentioned or verify his claim.“
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“Stadthagen claimed that boys have raped girls multiple times in school bathrooms. During the committee hearing, he declined to name any specific cases of this happening in Alabama, or any examples of transgender students attacking other students.“
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https://www.al.com/educationlab/2022/05/alabama-lawmakers-claim-lgbtq-school-bathrooms-are-an-issue-where.html


Stadthagen is obviously playing to stupid people, but shouldn’t they be offended that he thinks they’re THAT stupid?

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. People down here are TOO STUPID to know they are THAT STUPID.

I am surrounded by idiots.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. People clam up about contrpversies while they can, but...

a rape is a criminal matter that should have some record, even if it's protected because of age.

[dutch777]

3. Sadly, all too many, are THAT stupid. What schools don't need is one more social issue to manage

If you haven't talked to a secondary school teacher lately, it is an interesting discussion to have. Almost all their time is lost handling issues that are not directly focused on educating, rather managing social and societal ills (or perceived by others as ills) that present themselves at school as a function of schools being a cross section of society. The teachers really don't have a chance to fulfill their education mission with all the other complexities and complications dumped in their laps by, choose one or more: dumb legislators, MIA parents, leaderless school boards, rampant drug and gang activity, street violence, poverty, etc.

It will never happen because almost no school districts could fund it (lest there be an even bigger taxpayer revolt against school taxes than there already is) but in many schools, there should be two teams, the educator team and the social worker team. So many kids in so many schools show up, for reasons completely beyond their control, suffering from issues that prevent them from engaging positively in the learning process. And of course, in many cases kids don't show up regularly or at all due to those same issues. A social worker team that could support kids to the point that they can be engaged learners, and not be distracting the teachers doing their job, could lead to so much better educational outcomes. What is really happening is so many kids just get passed along and passed over, rolling into adulthood significantly undereducated and underprepared, because societally we aren't effectively dealing with our issues.