But the clearest evidence you've been stricken is believing that public school districts in Iowa have placed litter boxes in school bathrooms to accommodate kids identifying as animals. A school district in Iowa has been hit with rumors saying that students who "identify as cats" are allowed to use litter boxes in the school restrooms. Carroll School Superintendent Casey Burlau sent a letter to students and parents Monday.
He writes, "The rumor is that our schools have litter boxes in the restrooms to accommodate individuals who. The litter boxes in schools hoax was an urban legend spread in 2021 and 2022 that schools were installing litter boxes in bathrooms to be used by students who "identify as cats" or with the furry or otherkin subculture. School districts in Iowa, Michigan and Nebraska have debunked claims that they are providing litter boxes in bathrooms.
We did not find any credible news reports that support the claim. Tim Kraayenbrink, a Republican Iowa state senator, said at a forum in May that local schools had been required to put cat litter boxes in the bathroom for furries to use, as he discussed schools. A recent story out of small-town Iowa was getting lots of twitters and titters: The Carroll school superintendent sent out an email to parents to knock down a false rumor that there were litter boxes in school bathrooms to accommodate students who "identify" as cats.
Some people laughed at how. Carroll Community School District had to put a stop to some rumors about litter boxes in bathrooms. CARROLL, Iowa - There are no litter boxes in the restrooms of the Carroll Community School District, its superintendent stressed, despite internet rumors that some schools are installing them.
"The rumor is that our schools have litter boxes in the restrooms to accommodate individuals who are self-identifying as animals," Casey Burlau, superintendent of Iowa's Carroll School District.