Michigan School accused of installing litter boxes for students who identify as cats hits back after parents’ outrage

A School in Michigan has bizarrely been accused by outraged parents of installing litter boxes in bathrooms for students who identify as cats and dogs.

Midland Public Schools Superintendent Michael E. Sharrow took to Facebook on last week to deny the claims, insisting no litter box accommodations had been made for any students who identify as a “furry.”

A “furry” is someone who role-plays or identifies as an animal, or an animal character with human-like characteristics. Some furries even wear animal costumes or tails in public.
A litter box, sometimes called a sandbox, cat box, litter tray, cat pan, or litter pan, is an indoor feces and urine collection box for cats, rabbits and other pets.

Sharrow said the rumor was recently brought up by a parent during a school board meeting on December 20 and has since been shared widely online.

“Let me be clear in this communication. There is no truth whatsoever to this false statement/accusation! There have never been litter boxes within MPS schools.