In Missouri district split by transgender dispute, three school board members quit

HILLSBORO, Mo. – Three school board members have resigned in a suburban St. Louis district rocked recently by controversy over a transgender high school student’s effort to use the girls’ bathroom.

The four remaining members of the Hillsboro School Board accepted the resignations during a brief special meeting Thursday.

Superintendent Aaron Cornman said afterward that a resignation letter submitted last week and two others turned in Tuesday did not state specifically why those members were stepping down. Cornman says he would not speculate.

The board departures follow recent walkouts at Hillsboro High School in favor and against a male student’s request to be treated like other female students.

Lila Perry has told administrators she wasn’t content in continuing to use a unisex faculty bathroom this year.

This story was originally published September 10, 2015 at 9:45 AM with the headline "In Missouri district split by transgender dispute, three school board members quit."