DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas – Tensions are boiling over in a Texas school district after the school board opted to allow a transgender third grader to use the girl’s bathrooms at Walnut Springs Elementary.

The Dripping Springs School Board approved a request by a transgender student at Walnut Springs Elementary in September to use the girl’s bathrooms at school, despite the fact that the child is biologically a boy, KVUE reports.

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The decision sparked objections from some parents who contacted the Christian nonprofit “Texas Value,” which held a press conference to discuss the decision and called on the board to put the issue on its agenda for a vote. The group told school officials local parents contacted the agency with safety and privacy concerns, prompting its intervention, which also included a public information request for district communications regarding the decision, KEYE reports.

“Parents contacted us and asked us to get involved in the issue,” Texas Value policy analyst Nicole Hudgens told KVUE. “They feel like their voice is not being heard by the school board. They’re asking for this issue to go onto the agenda.”

At Monday’s school board meeting, some parents lashed out at the group and spoke in support of the board’s decision. A group of parents provided the board with a letter signed by 529 people who share their perspective, and several spoke at a news conference in Memorial Park and at the board meeting on Monday to convince board members to stand by their original decision.

“We don’t need an outside professional lobbyist who doesn’t know our children, to come into our community pushing fear and threatening a child,” parent Andy Hutton said. “All of us support our children, our school and our schools’ decision to allow this brave little third-grader to use the bathroom wherever she chooses.”

“At Walnut Springs there is no safety threat for allowing this little girl to use a stall in the girl’s bathroom,” parent Karen Silcox said, according to KEYE.

KVUE reports that about 20 parents spoke in support of the board, while KEYE points out that about a dozen at the meeting seemed to support Texas Values’ position.

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Hudgens offered a simple solution to end the conflict in the community, though it remains unclear what, if any, changes the board might make.

“A private faculty stall or a single stall restroom. I think that’s perfectly reasonable,” she told KEYE. “That would protect the privacy and dignity of all students.”

Folks who commented about the situation online seemed to be split, though many seem to believe there’s more important education issues to tackle.

“If it’s that big of a deal, why not just have someone stand at the door while the x-gender student is in there, like people do when a woman uses the men’s restroom at a club?” Fred Guerra posted to Facebook.

“Why don’t we use our energy on something worthwhile,” Jasmine Mill added. “Who cares where transgenders pee. Smh.”