by: Rubee Stillwagon 

The feminine hygiene products were removed from the bathroom dispensers. 

“I wish they wouldn’t have taken the products out of the bathrooms, but I can understand the problems with it,” sophomore Izabella Caruso said. 

The removal all comes down to one factor. 

High School Principal Mr. Adam Jones said that they were removed for “misuse and vandalism.” 

Due to students overflowing toilets with the products, throwing them at the mirrors and ceilings and sticking them to walls, all products were moved to the Nurse’s Office.  

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A now empty feminine hygiene dispenser.

Photo by: Rubee Stillwagon

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“I completely understand why they put them in the Nurse’s Office, but it can be hard for girls to go in and ask for that stuff,” Caruso said. 

It can be difficult and sometimes embarrassing for students to go in and ask for these products. These items being wasted, and bathrooms being vandalized, is something that the school district is trying to prevent. 

Mr. Jones explained how unfortunate it is that a student’s senior project, that they worked hard for, isn’t being respected. 

GS graduate Emily Campbell had feminine hygiene products installed into the bathrooms for her senior project. These dispensers were filled early in the semester and have already been taken out.  

“I don’t understand why students can’t just respect products that were there to help them,” sophomore Delilah Bevan said. “It’s sad that people don’t think about the consequences of their actions.” 

Due to a select group of students, helpful products are now harder to get for those who find them useful. 

“I just think it’s sad because some students don’t have these things at home,” Bevan said. 

Not everyone is fortunate enough to have these products provided to them. This was an opportunity to help those people. These products are still available, but the goal was for students to respect them. 

“Our hope is that students report incidents that impact their educational experience,” Jones said. “This includes resources provided to all students by the School District. We are a family at GSHS and when that family is negatively impacted, we must all work to fix it.”