principal kevin biggs says that if the change can make an impact on even one person, then its worth it. (kevin biggs, principal, roosevelt high school) "we have a responsibility to make sure that as the adults in this building to make sure that our students feel included, feel safe. and i actually felt ashamed that we hadn't thought about this before." " coming up in sports...the musketeers have lost eight of their last nine and today they made a big roster move. details on the trade up ahead. plus...the bandits open up their title defense this saturday night. we'll hear from coach strohbeen and the team on chasing down another ring on saturday night the sioux city bandits open up their 2016 season, and will be looking to defend their league title from a year ago. there's been some turnover on the roster for coach erv strohbeen's squad, most notably at the quarterback position. charles dowdell, the cif mvp from a year ago has moved on, meaning former marshall quarterback aj graham will be under center saturday night. but with a strong core returning including all league players fredric

change can make an impact on even one person, then its (kevin biggs, high school) "we to make sure that as the adults in this building to make students feel and i actually felt hadn't thought about this before." " lukas: and a lot of eyes are on a high school in des moines ... also trying to improve gender neutral status roosevelt high school is opening up two of its restrooms that used to be staff only... for all... now labeling them " all-gender" restrooms. the change comes after a student created a petiton...and approached school leaders with it.... the student that lead the push for change says she started her misson after seeing another student struggle. i was using the restroom rone day, and a student who identifies as a male, he was using the womans restroom because for some reason he didn't feel safe using a restroom intended for the gender he identified with, i don't think thats right. all that's going to be changing at the school physically is a new sign on those single stall bathrooms... no one is required to use them... simply available to anyone " " lukas: coming up in

(kevin biggs, principal, roosevelt high school) "we have a responsibility to make sure that as the adults in this building to make sure that our students feel included, feel safe. and i actually felt ashamed that we hadn't thought about this before." a spokesman for the des moines school district says the district strives to be "welcoming and accommodating to staff and students." in three weeks des moines will welcome more than 17 - thousand fans for the ncaa basketball tournament. one of the priorities of the iowa events center is catering who have been here before, they know that it hasnt been awesome in the past so hopefully they will be able to notice some of the upgrades" and those upgrades will be gradual. the arena already has wi - fi, but the number of fans expected for the internet nearly unusable. better wi-fi will be placed around the court, locker rooms and press conference areas. chanting towards one iowa high school is turning political as opposing fans use the chant and trump's name to target minority basketball players. perry high school's basketball team is made up of sev

after only about a ten minute meeting with prinicpal kevin biggs... her mission made some serious headway. 5;43:04 the point is to take away from any of that stress, its about feeling safe , accepted only... but the single stall private restrooms tucked away in the library... are now open to all... with an emphasis on them being gender neutral. prinicpal biggs says roosevelt high school is diverse... they have a significant group of transgender students. 5:52:49 i would say we have anywhere from 5 to 10, maybe more some haven't come out. but these are as far as the school has planned when it comes to creating new spaces for transgender students. 5:44:50 we want to be catious of making adjustments to locker rooms for specific groups. we want everyone to feel comfortable without it having to be adjusted. he says... high school is about growing up.... and part of that means not everyone is always going to agree. 5:45:23 we want lockerooms to be accessible to all, in transgender situation might make students feel uncomfortable, but sometimes that wrong. t

principal kevin biggs says he wishes he had thought of the idea sooner... the student that lead the push for change says she started her missononfter seeing another student struggle. and a student who identifies as a male, he was using the womans restroom because for some reason he didn't feel safe using a restroom intended for the gender he identified with, i don't think thats right. all that's going to be changing at the school physically is a new sign on those single stall baoms... no one is required to use them... they're just available for anyone if that's what they'd like... tim: in south dakota, some controversy as a bill concerning transgendered students using bathrooms in schools is on the governor's desk today, the second dadaof rallies in erre greeted lawmakers on the steps of the state house, with transgender students and advocates eaking out against the bill asking dennis daugaard to veto the measure the issue seems to have state representative split "i'm protecting their hearts. their eyes and their minds. i don't want our children to be expos

(kevin biggs, principal, roosevelt high school) "we have a responsibility to make sure that as the adults in this building to make sure that our students feel included, feel safe. and i actually felt ashamed that we hadn't thought about this before." not everyone who uses the space is on board with this just yet - some students at the school say it will take time to get used to.roosevelt high is the first public high school in des moines to offer gender-neutral restrooms. in a similar move -- the city council in charlotte, north carolina voted in favor of a non-discrimination ordinance ordinancethat makes it against the law for businesses to discriminate against members of the l-g-b-t community.and that includes letting people use bathrooms of the gender case -- the governor and state legislators are working towards nullifying the recent measure. "i think they crossed the common sense threshold of interfering with people basic sense of privacy as security that we all expect." expect."the state has four options.they could strike the entire ordinance -- strike part of it -- pass a conflicti

(kevin biggs, principal, roosevelt high school) "we have ashamed that we hadn't thought about this before." a spokesman for the des moines school district says the district strives to be "welcoming and a college university iifacing some controversy f fllowing an off- campus party. fairfield university students held a so-called "ghetto party." news spread when pictures were posted online...drawing a response from the connecticut university's president. the president sending an email to students...saying racial community. "we have not been able to students in any type of makeup student leaders are planning a forum focusing on what happened. a kentucky school district gets dozens of complaints about a piece of art created by a high scscool student. the drawing compares a white police officer pointing a gun on a black child in 2015, to a member of the kkk pointing a gun at a black man in 1930. it was part of an art project about civil rights... "yes, it's harsh in a way, but i think it just really shows the views on this kind of topic." the school district does not an to remove the drawing, t

people don't agree with transgender, so to say - so i feel like it's just different" principal kevin biggs says that if the change can make an impact on even one person, then its worth it. [notes:kevin biggs, principal, rhs]"we have a responsibility to make sure that as the adults in this building to make sure that our students feel included, feel safe." [notes:kevin biggs, principal, rhs]"and i actually felt ashamed that we hadn't thought about this before." 3 a 20 - 13 gallup poll of iowa's population identified themselves as gay.. lesbian... bisexual or trangender. that number was nearly 4 - and - a - half percent in south dakota. 3 it's a question you've probably never thought about before.how much would it cost to buy one of *everything* on amazon? the answer? almost 12 - point - 86 *billion* dollars. that's according to a computer scientist in zurich switzerland who says he does brain - related research. first... (keenan) kynan (enj) eng had to figure out there were 479 million different items available on amazon's website in 20 - 15. then he found out the average price of an item wa