A Michigan high school has attracted intense controversy after a gym class policy ordering female students to inform the school of their menstrual cycles. Lakeview High School, in St Clair Shores, explained that this is related to swimming classes and that they require this intimate information so students on their periods who can’t swim can “make up days” later.
More specifically, the policy requires the parents of female students to submit to teachers a confirmation of expected lengths of their daughters’ cycles, with their syllabus saying (as per the Guardian), “Female students will be given the opportunity to make up days, which are missed only because of their menstrual cycle. A written/email note from a parent stating the length of the menstrual duration is required, so the student can make up the days.”
