Trans student barred from shelter during Virginia school's mass shooter drill

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https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/10/trans-student-barred-from-shelter-during-virginia-schools-mass-shooter-drill/

Trans student barred from shelter during Virginia school’s mass shooter drill
School administrators couldn't decide whether the student should be sheltered with boys or girls, so left her outside
By Rhuaridh Marr on October 6, 2018 @rhuaridh


A transgender student was separated from her peers during a mass shooter drill at a Virginia middle school, as school administrators debated where to send her.

A “lockdown” drill at Stafford County Middle School, designed to teach the students how to respond in case of an attack, required students to seek shelter in the nearest bathroom or locker room.

However, the transgender student, whose identity has been withheld, was instead forced to sit on the bleachers and wait while the other students sought shelter, while teachers “discussed where she should go,” Equality Stafford said in a Facebook post.

After debating where would be safest for the student to be — during a drill designed to mimic the response to an active shooter — teachers ultimately told her to sit in the hallway between the locker rooms, away from the other students.