Austin ISD is making free menstrual products, such as tampons and sanitary napkins, available to students during the upcoming school year. | beckyfogel
A shelf in a warehouse used by the nonprofit I Support The Girls in Maryland is nearly empty of the tampon supply it keeps to distribute to people in need.The Austin Independent School District is making free menstrual products, such as tampons and sanitary napkins, available to students during the upcoming school year.
The conversation prompted the counselor to check what was available in the bathrooms. Not only were there no menstrual products, but there were no trash cans within the bathroom stalls. White said the school quickly installed trash cans, but it was not clear if pads or tampons were going to be easily available.
It turned out there was no consistency across Austin ISD campuses. White offered to start fundraising through the Austin Ed Fund to make sure every school in the district had a cabinet with free products. She said district officials also started talking to their own kids about what it’s like to get your period while at school. Shame and embarrassment came up repeatedly. And ultimately, AISD decided to install the menstrual product dispensers.
Marlowe’s group has seen the impact of the tampon shortage firsthand because it has received fewer donations. Between Jan.1 and June 1, I Support The Girls received 218,075 tampons. During the same time period last year, the group received 445,500 tampons.
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