Below the high school level, it really shouldn’t be a problem IF a reasonable level of general discipine is maintained at the school. I spent 5th and 6th grades in an English language K-8 school overseas that served the children of English speaking diplomats, military, and business people who were working in that country. The layout of the school, which was a converted old mansion, was such that putting in a second bathroom would have been prohibitively expensive, so there was only one for students (and teachers as well, as I recall, though there may have also been a little one-staller for them somewhere in the basement by the faculty lounge — they definitely used the main bathroom at least some of the time). Anyway, nobody seemed to think anything of it, even though nearly all of us had previously attended other schools where there were separate boys and girls bathrooms.
On the other hand, at the high school level, when hormones are really raging full blast, it would definitely be a problem, especially in the average US mega-high school with practically nonexistent discipline standards.
>On the other hand, at the high school level, when hormones are really raging full blast, it would definitely be a problem, especially in the average US mega-high school with practically nonexistent discipline standards.
Bingo. With a small classroom / student population it is manageable. However, at some point there is a critical mass where the authority figures become “police” (ie clean-up after the mess) rather than some sort of leader (who would endeavor to lead the people).