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Sunnyvale district outlines SB760 compliance and inclusive restroom designs for middle school
Summary
Facilities staff presented survey results and design options including single‑occupancy stalls with shared sinks; staff said Sunnyvale Middle School will pilot configurations and that the state requires at least one all‑access restroom per campus by July 1, 2026.
Board members and the public spent a substantial portion of the meeting discussing inclusive restroom design to meet California Senate Bill 760. Director of Facilities Brent introduced the topic and said the district will meet the state requirement that each campus have "at least one all‑access restroom" by 07/01/2026. He turned the presentation over to Aaron of design firm QKA, who said the firm collected almost 1,100 survey responses from staff and students and recommended an "individual and private" approach: full‑height walls and doors for stalls with a shared open sink area to improve privacy, supervision and cleanliness.
Parents and advocates supported floor‑to‑ceiling single‑occupancy stalls and raised practical concerns. Jessica Jurecki (S16) warned that even an extra minute’s walk to a bathroom can add up over a school year and make access impractical for middle‑school students: "That’s 12 hours of school — two full days — just to walk to the bathroom." Speakers also urged the district to make menstrual products widely available inside private stalls and to plan restroom locations so students won’t be marked tardy when they need to use facilities.
Staff said new construction at Sunnyvale Middle School makes it the logical pilot site and that retrofitting older buildings (CMS and elementary campuses) will require phased work tied to renovation priorities and bond funding. Brent and QKA described specific design choices — exhaust fans and floor drains in each stall, occupancy indicators on locks, heat‑detecting fire alarms for enclosed stalls — and said the per‑stall cost increase is modest relative to a whole modernization project.
The board asked staff to return with site‑specific plans and a timeline; staff reiterated that the district will meet the single‑occupancy all‑access requirement on each campus before the 2026 deadline and will bring back location maps and further design options for board review.
