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A Texas high school is going to incredible lengths to prevent significant behavioral misconduct.
Christina Steele Hantgin, who is the principal of Austin ISD’s Travis Early College High School, ordered the removal of restroom doors in order to stop drug use and other “significant behavioral events.”
In a letter from Hantgin to parents, she says there have been behavioral events and “conduct violations” that occurred inside these restrooms.
About 90% of drug offenses occurred in the restrooms, Hantgin explains.
Since taking down these restroom doors, Hantgin says there haven’t been any incidents.
No stall can be viewed from the hallway outside, Fox News reports.
“My number one priority is safety,” she said in the letter. “Removing the doors is one of many strategies we are planning or implementing to keep our campus a safe learning environment.”
Hantgin admitted to parents that she could have done a better job communicating her plans, but ensure that the school has exhausted other methods in dealing with the safety issues.
The school attempted to “lock bathroom doors that could not be monitored,” but this process was reportedly “taking up too much time.”
More from Fox News:
Christina Steele Hantgin, the principal at Austin ISD’s Travis Early College High School, sent a letter to parents explaining her decision while admitting that she could have done a better job communicating her plans, according to CBS Austin.
She said in the letter obtained by the station that there have been behavioral events and “conduct violations” that have occurred inside these restrooms, including about 90% of drug offenses. She said there have been no incidents since taking down these doors. (No stall can be viewed from the hallway outside, another report said.)
