Outrage After Florida Parents Blame ELL Families For Not Potty-Training Kindergarteners: ‘Parents need to use cloth training pants not diapers’

A video has gone viral on the social media platform X that shares how Pasco County, Florida, teachers are allegedly having their teaching impacted by the number of students arriving not potty-trained.

According to statistics within the video, Superintendent John Legg estimates that ten students in each of the 52 schools in the district are not potty-trained. Commenters shared their frustrations in the replies below the video, with many blaming English Language Learner families for the uptick in recent years.

Pasco County, Florida is seeing an alarming trending of kindergarteners and first grader students arriving not potty trainedOver 500 students district wide aren’t potty trained and teachers are spending time changing diapers and pull-ups instead of teachingThey are… pic.twitter.com/sFF6DekyeO

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According to the statistics within the post, it’s claimed that, “Over 500 students district wide aren’t potty trained and teachers are spending time changing diapers and pull-ups instead of teaching They are considering a new policy that would mandate all students to be required to use the bathroom.”…

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