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Board member urges bathroom-privacy policy as attorneys warn Fourth Circuit precedent governs
Summary
At a May 4 work session, a Cabarrus County Board of Education member urged the board to draft a bathroom and locker-room privacy policy after students raised concerns; district attorneys told the board a Fourth Circuit ruling currently controls and that the U.S. Supreme Court might resolve uncertainties this summer.
Melanie Freeman, a board member, urged her colleagues to draft a policy protecting privacy in bathrooms and locker rooms after female students appealed to the board that they felt unsafe and that their privacy had been violated. "I'm asking for the board to draft such a policy because it's the right thing to do," Freeman said, invoking personal and constitutional concerns.
Board members then asked for legal advice. Two district attorneys — Ashley Leonard and William Eisenhower — told the board that existing federal appeals-court precedent governs the district's…
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