The top local stories this morning from KERA News: Fort Worth residents spoke out at a forum last night about the school district’s guidelines on restrooms for transgender students.
The guidelines direct school staff to respect students’ gender identity and make adjustments for their safety – like offering the use of a single-stall restroom or a restroom where other students are not present.
Several people at the forum at Dunbar High School said the district guidelines go too far and that transgender students should not receive special accommodations.
Fort Worth ISD said the guidelines were written to help schools comply with a 2011 nondiscrimination policy that includes gender identity and expression.
Five more forums are scheduled around Fort Worth. The next one begins tonight at 7 at Polytechnic High School.
Photo credit: Joyce Marshall/Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Other stories this morning:
- Homeless people tend to age and get sicker faster than those who have a place to live. KERA's Stephanie Kuo reports on the health care barriers they face.
- The National Weather Service says there were 20 rain days in the month of May. That’s the fifth highest number for that month since record-keeping began. Temperatures were also below the normal average for May in North Texas. The National Weather Service says that breaks an 11-month streak of above-normal temperatures.
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.
