OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Open showers in school locker rooms are going to the wayside as Nebraska schools build more private stalls.

The trend of phasing out gang-style showers began decades ago. Today, it could ease privacy concerns of critics who oppose allowing transgender students to use the locker rooms of their choice.

With an increasing number of private showers and students who say they don’t shower at school, the likelihood students will have encounters decreases.

In recent years, at least two Nebraska high schools — in Crete and Elkhorn — and one middle school in the Papillion-La Vista district were built with only private stalls. Kearney’s new high school recently opened with a combination of private stalls and communal showers.