Administrators at Montgomery Blair High School have removed most of the mirrors in the school’s bathrooms to deter students from congregating at them.
Montgomery Blair Principal Damon Monteleone said students have been late to class due to bathroom meetups and have used the lavatories to “share or sell substances, roll dice, conduct transactions, and occasionally fight,” in a message to the community cited by WTOP. He also said that flushed vapes and smoking paraphernalia have damaged the school’s plumbing.
The school initially moved the mirrors to the hallways. After meeting with the student government, the administration relented and put some of them back into the bathrooms.
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Mr. Monteleone told the news station that “having access to the mirror on the outside of the bathroom really eliminates any reason to be in the bathroom, other than using the actual facilities or washing your hands.”
He said school officials wanted to remove the incentive for students to use the bathrooms for hanging out.
Blair students who need mirrors to adjust their hijabs have retained access to separate facilities in the school’s main office, counseling suite, and two specific rooms, according to an email sent to students and posted on social media.
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