Officials in a well-to-do Massachusetts school district plan to include large numbers of gender-neutral bathrooms in a new high school expected to cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion.
An LGBTQIA+ subcommittee helped shape restroom designs for the new Lexington High School, located in a wealthy Boston suburb. Meeting materials show the building committee reviewed several layouts and rated each option using an “equity legend,” measuring privacy and access to all-gender facilities, Mass Daily News reports.
Documents from a February 2026 meeting give significant attention to restroom planning. One proposal features a fully gender-neutral restroom with five water closets and six sinks with no urinals. Planners gave that layout the highest efficiency rating.
Design plans also show builders could modify the traditional layout, with separate boys’ and girls’ bathrooms later. Builders could convert those bathrooms into all-gender facilities by removing a part of the lavatory wall.
