Previously, transgender students could use the bathroom of their choice at ETHS but had to request access to a separate locker room. A multi-colored sign distributed at the door by a student read “Vote Tonight For Equity.” “These are people who have put in place statements and policy about honoring transgender students in a way that no other district that we know of in the state has (done).”ĭuring the meeting, audience members held up homemade posters and typed-up signs urging board members to vote for the policy. “I hope you understand that this board just made history,” Witherspoon said. ETHS superintendent Eric Witherspoon commended the board for taking “a huge step forward” at Monday’s meeting in front of more than 50 students and parents. The policy, which was introduced last month, was crafted after the Board Policy Committee decided it needed language to better support its gender discrimination policy.
The Evanston Township High School/District 202 board voted six to one at a meeting Monday to pass a policy that will allow transgender students to use the locker room of their choice.
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