PA School Board Member Pays For “Litter Boxes” Sign

The Leighton Times-News reports:

Plans for the installation of a unisex bathroom in Palmerton Area School District’s weight room and wrestling room have one school board member questioning its intent. Earl Paules, board vice president, recently paid for a sign located along Delaware Avenue.

The handicapped accessible, unisex bathroom was added to the plans late, Paules said. “Everyone thought this was just an overflow bathroom, what’s the big deal?” Paules said. “But I knew there was more to it. Then all of the sudden it comes out about if we have students who are transitioning, they can use that bathroom. We don’t need to have that bathroom in the plans.”

Paules’ sign also made mention of litter boxes in classrooms. Officials from school district in multiples states have all publicly denied the claims, however. Organizations including Reuters, The Associated Press, USA Today and PolitiFact have also published pieces debunking the rumors.

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