We don't think about it much until it is not there, toilet paper.
In a small Schuylkill County town, lately lots of people have been talking about toilet paper.
This is all because at Mahanoy Area High School, the boys must now sign out toilet paper before going to the restroom.
Who would think that something so ubiquitous could cause such conflict?
For the boys at Mahanoy Area High School, because of vandalism in the restroom, before they go number two, they have to go to the office to sign out toilet paper.
“I think it’s stupid, but I guess you got to do what you got to do,” commented tenth grader Kate Chapman.
“People think I'm against toilet paper, I’m against people vandalizing the bathroom, I’m not against toilet paper,” Mahanoy Area Principal Thomas Smith told us.
“I think it is a little ridiculous, but that’s how times are going to be,” stated graduate Keith Barnes.
A blanket of fog enveloped the school today, but it is toilet paper that has the school covered in controversy.
“I am absolutely surprised that this got to be such a big story. I know it is a drastic measure,” explained Principal Smith. “I went to my students, I talked to them about the bathroom issues and I asked them to assist with the investigation. We are just asking the students show appropriate behavior.”
“When you go get toilet paper from the office they call it the ‘walk of shame,’ chuckled student Jordan Ebert.
Why just the boys?
“Actually, it is more of a bathroom issue,” commented the Principal. “It has nothing to do with the boys or the girls and really this is the specifics of the problem. I’ve taken the toilet paper out of one bathroom.”
The principal did leave the door open for the tissue to return.
“I am going to sit down with the student government again about putting the toilet paper back in the bathroom well just see what happens then,” Smith told us.
“There are guys who keep it in their locker, just rolls of it and then ask to go to the bathroom and go to their locker and then the bathroom,” Chapman added.
The policy is only at the high school, boys at the elementary and middle schools do not have to sign out toilet paper.
The principal says so far parents have not come to him about the issue and so far the only complaint from a parent was at a school board meeting.
I spoke to that parent Tuesday afternoon who says she is still concerned about this policy
I did contact the PA Office of the American Civil Liberties Union to get their view on this possible gender discrimination so far they have not a chance to review the issue.
In a small Schuylkill County town, lately lots of people have been talking about toilet paper.
This is all because at Mahanoy Area High School, the boys must now sign out toilet paper before going to the restroom.
Who would think that something so ubiquitous could cause such conflict?
For the boys at Mahanoy Area High School, because of vandalism in the restroom, before they go number two, they have to go to the office to sign out toilet paper.
“I think it’s stupid, but I guess you got to do what you got to do,” commented tenth grader Kate Chapman.
“People think I'm against toilet paper, I’m against people vandalizing the bathroom, I’m not against toilet paper,” Mahanoy Area Principal Thomas Smith told us.
“I think it is a little ridiculous, but that’s how times are going to be,” stated graduate Keith Barnes.
A blanket of fog enveloped the school today, but it is toilet paper that has the school covered in controversy.
“I am absolutely surprised that this got to be such a big story. I know it is a drastic measure,” explained Principal Smith. “I went to my students, I talked to them about the bathroom issues and I asked them to assist with the investigation. We are just asking the students show appropriate behavior.”
“When you go get toilet paper from the office they call it the ‘walk of shame,’ chuckled student Jordan Ebert.
Why just the boys?
“Actually, it is more of a bathroom issue,” commented the Principal. “It has nothing to do with the boys or the girls and really this is the specifics of the problem. I’ve taken the toilet paper out of one bathroom.”
The principal did leave the door open for the tissue to return.
“I am going to sit down with the student government again about putting the toilet paper back in the bathroom well just see what happens then,” Smith told us.
“There are guys who keep it in their locker, just rolls of it and then ask to go to the bathroom and go to their locker and then the bathroom,” Chapman added.
The policy is only at the high school, boys at the elementary and middle schools do not have to sign out toilet paper.
The principal says so far parents have not come to him about the issue and so far the only complaint from a parent was at a school board meeting.
I spoke to that parent Tuesday afternoon who says she is still concerned about this policy
I did contact the PA Office of the American Civil Liberties Union to get their view on this possible gender discrimination so far they have not a chance to review the issue.