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LOWELL, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — At a Tuesday night meeting, Lowell City Councilor Kimberly Scott is pressing for an update on an issue that was brought up two months ago concerning the lack of girl's restrooms when compared to the boy's restrooms in Lowell High School.
Officials say the new phased remodel of the school meets code when it comes to the bathrooms, but with over 3,200 students, Scott says the high school has a problem: girls have less restroom access than boys.
"They have more urinals and stalls than they have stalls for the ladies. 200 students converge for gym at one time, and there are changing facilities for the ladies, there's locker rooms, but there aren't enclosed curtain stalls so you really have a lot of kids going to use the restrooms at one time. Kids are waiting in line, they're missing gym class— that's not a good thing," Scott said.
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Scott said parents have reached out to her over the problem, saying this was a concern for them.
"I believe the standard is 1 in 30 for women and 1 in 60 for men, I'm pretty sure that they're meeting that but I want to double-check that we actually are. I'd like for them to look at the whole space again," Scott said.
WBZ's Shari Small (@ShariSmallNews) reports.
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