Some parents are voicing frustration as school districts in North San Diego County install tampon machines in elementary school boys’ bathrooms to comply with a relatively new state law.
The installations began at the start of the 2024-25 school year and are ongoing to this day, prompting some parents to argue it’s a waste of taxpayer dollars, inappropriate, and a recipe for disaster.
“It’s absolutely ludicrous,” said Marci Strange, chairwoman of the North San Diego County-based Taxpayers Oversight for Parents and Students, or TOPS.
Strange told The College Fix she heard from at least one mom that some boys got the tampons wet to see how many they could stick to the ceiling, adding she wouldn’t be surprised if they’re “clogging up the toilets with them, too.”
Britt Mayer, a conservative activist based in Southern California, posted in mid-February on her popular Rooted Wings social media accounts a leaked internal Vista Unified School District memo about the tampon machines.
“Boys don’t bleed, and if they do, they need a Band-Aid, not a tampon,” Mayer wrote. “This is mental warfare aimed at your kids, subsidized by your tax dollars.”
