New Westminster school board votes to provide free tampons in schools

The New Westminster school board has voted in favour of supplying free pads and tampons in restrooms at the district’s schools.
Coin-free dispensers will be installed in all girls and universal restrooms in elementary, middle and secondary schools, making New Westminster the first and only school district in B.C. to fund free pad and tampon dispensers at all its schools.
In a motion passed Tuesday, the school board hoped the move would “enhance the ability of students to manage