Boy and girl restrooms are a thing of the past for students at newly constructed schools at the Washoe County School District. 

"The architects and the school board really wanted us to come up with a new design for the student restrooms," said Adam Searcy, Chief Facilities Officer at the Washoe County School District. "When you go into traditional restrooms, it's an area where some students don't really feel safe."

That is one of the reasons why the school district implemented a new design for new elementary and middle schools at the district. Each stall is actually its own enclosed room for boys and girls to share. It has a wall from floor to ceiling.

"You're in complete privacy," said Searcy.

Both genders also share a handwashing station in an open space.

"There's a tremendous amount of visibility on this space," he said. 

That area can also be monitored closely by teachers and staff. 

"This is really the standard that we are going to, and we feel that it will alleviate some of those concerns within the traditional style restrooms," he said. 

The district believes the design will also solve modern problems with privacy in an era where most people have a cellphone.

"There's no getting cell phone cameras into these stalls," he said. "That has been a problem."

We asked Northern Nevadans what they think of the new design.

"The idea of having a handwashing station in the middle is a great idea," said Vincent Ames of Reno. "I think it's perfectly safe. It's normal activity. People can hear what's going on. It represents what goes on at home."

"I think they're fine," said Cheri Martin of Reno."It makes it easy. No discussion of boy, girl, or otherwise."