School board: Disabled student can use faculty restroom
MUNHALL (AP) – A school board in Western Pennsylvania has voted unanimously to deny a grievance brought by teachers seeking to prevent a special needs student from using a faculty restroom.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the Steel Valley school board voted without discussion Thursday night.
Tracy Montgomery, the mother of 10-year-old Kaitlin, told the board she’s had to fight to get permission for her daughter to use a teachers’ restroom on the lower level of Park Elementary School in Munhall. She says the girl daughter has chronic lung disease, pulmonary hypertension and foot problems, and is also autistic.
The Steel Valley Education Association filed a grievance last month, accompanied by a petition from 18 female teachers. The grievance says the contract requires the district to provide “lavatory facilities exclusively for employees.”