The principal of a Montana elementary school said he tackled a bathroom graffiti problem by removing the doors on all but one stall in each bathroom.

Principal Justin Barnes of the Marion School in Marion said he tried several tactics to halt profane graffiti in the bathrooms, but nothing worked until he had the doors removed from all but one stall in each restroom. However, several parents complained about the measure at last Wednesday school board meeting, saying the move violated their children's right to privacy.

Parent Trina Huffman said the "extreme measure to combat graffiti was unacceptable." She said taking the doors from the stalls was a "gross infringement of children's rights."  Barnes conceded he could have done more to alert parents about the move, but he said the doors will be removed again if graffiti reappears.

"We don't have the time, money or resources to have everybody in there sandpapering every day," he said. "We've checked into every legal aspect of it. It's not against the law. By doing this, we sent a message to the kids. We haven't had any graffiti for over two weeks now."

In my old school the big worry in the toilet was being made to find the magic goldfish...


On the up side the doors were put back, on the down side was the new security camera...

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