A transgender student was blocked from using the boys’ or girls’ locker room during an emergency drill at a Virginia middle school last week, according to an LGBTQ rights group.

The group, Equality Stafford, said the student, who identifies as a girl, was prevented from using either locker room during her physical education class while teachers “discussed where she should go,” according to a Facebook post.

“The student was forced to watch the adults charged with her care, debate the safest place (for the other students) to have her shelter,” the post continued. “During this debate, she was instructed to sit in the gym with a teacher until the drill was complete, away from her peers and identified as different.”

The unidentified girl was later instructed to sit in a locker room hallway after additional deliberation by school officials, according to the group.

“This happened because the child, in addition to being a model student, also happens to be transgender,” the post continued. “During an event that prepares children to survive an attack by actual assailants, she was treated as if she was so much of a danger to peers that she was left exposed and vulnerable.”

A spokeswoman for Stafford County Public Schools has declined to comment on specific incidents, citing a desire to avoid divulging confidential information.

“However, the new superintendent has requested a review of all protocols and procedures to ensure that all children are treated with dignity and respect,” spokeswoman Sherrie Johnson told WUSA in a statement. “We take such matters very seriously and they will be addressed. The welfare of all students is of the utmost importance for SCPS.”

Johnson declined to indicate if the student should have been allowed to use the girls’ locker room because she identifies as a girl, saying only that the district’s policies and safety procedures would be reviewed.

Equality Stafford is calling on parents and others to attend a school board meeting Tuesday night.

“We need you to come and lend your voice to the growing cry,” the group’s Facebook post continued. “This is unacceptable, this cannot happen to one more child. Not one more in the county. Not ever again.”

Lesley Woods, who works as a facilitator for the LGBTQ group, said the incident is “nothing new” for the girl and her family.

“They are a solid family and they are very much in support of their child, and they are really solid advocates for the community,” Woods told WTTG. “So I would say, all in all, the rest of us are shocked and appalled and motivated to come and speak and learn. But this family — this is their life every day.”