Rep. Rob Kreibich

Rep. Rob Kreibich calls upon New Richmond School District to reverse course on male students using female bathrooms and locker rooms.

“My office has been receiving a flood of emails and phone calls since last Thursday’s school board meeting,” Rep. Kreibich said. “Their first mistake was not notifying parents about this situation. Their second mistake was implementing a new policy without first revisiting the Title IX provisions they tabled in 2024.”

In the current legislative session, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed bills to ban biological boys from playing women’s sports and using women’s locker rooms.

Rep. Kreibich fears New Richmond’s current policy will lead to an exodus of students in the district, resulting in a loss of state school aid that is tied to student enrollment. This move could also affect federal funding because of a Presidential Executive Order prohibiting what New Richmond schools are alleged to be doing.

Rep. Kreibich says the simple solution here is to allow the student(s) in question to use the available single-stall private restrooms. Instead, school officials are asking female students to use that option if they are uncomfortable sharing a restroom with a male student.

The first-term lawmaker is urging the New Richmond School Board to follow the lead of board member Ben Engelhart, who raised this issue at the last school board meeting.

The bottom line is Rep. Kreibich wants New Richmond schools to be known for their great academics and athletics, not a woke policy that will lead to statewide recognition, similar to what happened in Sun Prairie several years ago.

“What New Richmond board members need to remember is St. Croix County is not Dane County,” Kreibich said. “Reverse this policy on Feb. 10 or face the outcry of your constituents—students and parents.”

Rep. Rob Kreibich represents Wisconsin’s 28th Assembly District, consisting of parts of St. Croix, Pierce and Dunn Counties.