PolitiFact – No evidence North Carolina students seeking litter boxes in bathrooms

In April, we debunked a declare that faculties in a number of states had been placing litter packing containers in loos to accommodate college students who recognized as furries, individuals eager about anthropomorphized animals. 

College districts in Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska stated this isn’t taking place, opposite to widespread rumors there. Comparable claims, reminiscent of cafeteria tables being lowered to permit furries to eat with out utensils in Texas, are additionally false. 

Now, a faculty district in North Carolina has pushed again on the unsubstantiated allegation that college students figuring out as cats or furries had been insisting on litter packing containers within the loos and bowls of water within the halls.

“We’re in hassle and it is worse than many are conscious,” a Might 17 Fb submit says. “We’ve some college students right here in Wilkes that establish themselves as cats or ‘furries.’ They’ve demanded to put on furry outfits to varsities and been denied attributable to it violating costume code. We had been instructed some have requested for litter packing containers be positioned in class restrooms for them to make use of. They’ve demanded that water bowls be put in hallways.”

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Morgan Mathis, a spokesperson for Wilkes County Faculties in North Carolina, instructed PolitiFact that the college system “just isn’t conscious of any of the requests talked about on this submit reminiscent of objects in restrooms.” 

If credible proof emerges that there’s any validity to this declare, we’ll rethink our ruling. However it seems to be a part of a sample of fabricated, ridiculous claims. Pants on Fireplace!