WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR GETS UNDERWAY NEXT WEEK, APS WILL ALLOW TRANSGENDER STUDENTS TO USE RESTROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS THAT GO ALONG WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. SPOKESWOMAN MONICA ARMENTA TELLS 770 THE DISTRICT HAS DONE EVERYTHING IT CAN TO PREPARE FOR THIS NEW DIRECTIVE, WHICH BECAME OFFICIAL IN JUNE.
ARMENTA SAYS IT’S A NEW DIRECTIVE, SO THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. SHE ALSO SAYS THE TRANSGENDER POPULATION WITHIN APD IS VERY SMALL. ARMENTA SAYS ONCE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS, THINGS MAY COME UP THAT THE DISTRICT HADN’T CONSIDERED…AND IF THEY DO, THOSE ISSUES WILL HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.
