On Aug. 26, the Temecula school board voted 4-1 to table two proposed policies that would have required students to submit written requests for mental health or religious exemptions to avoid sharing locker rooms or restrooms with transgender classmates. Board President Melinda Anderson and members Emil Barham, Steven Schwartz and Jen Wiersma voted to table the measures; Joseph Komrosky voted no. Komrosky criticized the policy as "putting lipstick on a pig" and said he wanted the chance to vote it down permanently. Barham said he sought more time to craft a policy that would not stigmatize students and cited legal limits on accommodations.
The Temecula school board voted Tuesday, Aug. 26, to table a policy that would have required students to seek special accommodations if they don't want to share a locker room or restroom with transgender classmates. The board voted 4-1 to table two policies that would have set a requirement for written requests seeking mental health or religious exemptions if to avoid sharing facilities with trans students. Board President Melinda Anderson and members Emil Barham, Steven Schwartz and Jen Wiersma voted to table the policy.
Barham, who suggested postponing the vote, said he listened to parents and wanted more time to create a different policy that would not stigmatize students by using mental health exemptions. Nothing means that, if a parent comes and we do nothing there is no obligation to accommodate that parent because the law says we don't have to, Barham said. We are trying to work around the law to help families and keep boys from looking at girls' parts and girls looking at boys' parts.
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