Parents and experts have slammed a decision to force students into sharing toilet facilities at a new $80m Brisbane school.
In a Queensland first, the all-new $80 million Fortitude Valley State Secondary College will not separate boys and girls’ bathrooms.
The decision has not been taken lightly by parents and experts who have slammed the move as “ridiculous”.Fortitude Valley State Secondary College will be the first school in Queensland to have unisex toilets.
“I reckon boys and girls need and deserve their own privacy at school,” Mr Bleijie wrote on Facebook. “The toilet facilities at Fortitude Valley State Secondary College meets contemporary design standards in relation to accessibility, inclusivity, privacy and safety,” a department spokeswoman toldIt’s not the first Australian school to have shared facilities with Adelaide Botanic High School also fitted with unisex toilets.
Another person said it would be fine if the cubicles were all separate, but having shared hand basins would be a “real issue”.
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