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9403 - Education and Early Learning - NORTHLAKES HIGH SCHOOL TOILETS

Latham, Mark to the Minister for Education and Early Learning

(1) What signs has Northlakes High School placed on its student toilets?

(2) Have the traditional boys and girls signs been abandoned?

(a) If so, why is the school encouraging boys to use the girls toilet?

(3) Is the school aware of concerns among parents and the broader Central Coast community about the safety and well-being of 12-13 year old females made to share the same toilets as 17-18 year old males?

(a) If so, what is the school doing to address these concerns?
Answer -

(1) At Northlakes High School, female toilets have a sign stating ‘she/they’. Male toilets have a sign stating ‘he/they’. A unisex, lockable, single cubicle toilet, attached to the school sick bay, has a sign stating ‘he/she/they’.

(2) Following consultation with the Student Representative Council, school staff, students and the school’s Parent and Citizens Association, toilet signs depicting ‘figures’ have been replaced. The school is not encouraging boys to use the girls’ toilet. Single-sex toilets remain in use.

(3) Except for one unisex, lockable, single cubicle toilet attached to the school sick bay referred to in (1) above, all other toilets within the school are single sex and not shared by males and females.

Question asked on 29 August 2022 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 815
Answer received on 19 September 2022 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 830

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