Cabin John Middle School student Sekayi Fraser won his title as student body president on a single issue that’s plagued his teachers and classmates for years: shoddy 1-ply toilet paper that “has led to many uncomfortable circumstances for students.”

TWO-PLY PLATFORM: Normally a local school budget meeting doesn’t get a lot of attention. But young Sekayi Fraser’s crusade for a better bathroom experience at school is something I think a lot of people can get behind. @ABC7HeatherGraf is on the story tonight. pic.twitter.com/HmXeiwjQez — Alex Spearman 7️⃣ (@AlexJSpearman) January 14, 2020

“The entire class agreed the toilet paper sucked, and that’s when I smelled an opportunity,” the Maryland 14-year-old told WJLA. “The reason it actually got me elected is because so many kids were complaining about this.”

After the election, Fraser followed through on his campaign promise to do something about the situation, and he confronted members of the Montgomery County Public Schools board of education during a budget meeting on Monday.

“Thank you for allowing me to testify about where to increase our MCPS budget. Number one is school toilet paper,” he said with a chuckle. “This is a common complaint sustained by my fellow students. It’s so bad that advocating on this issue actually got me elected.

“It is rough as sand paper and very thin, which has led to many uncomfortable circumstances for students. On top of that, the toilet paper dispensers are extremely inefficient, and only allow for two to three squares to be broken off at a time,” Fraser continued.

“I have over 100 signatures on a petition advocating for better toilet paper from Cabin John’s eighth graders alone,” he said.

Fraser asked board member to “please allocate more funds toward upgrading to quality toilet paper, as right now schools can only purchase the low-quality variant,” Bethesda Magazine reports.

District officials are asking the school board to boost the budget by $72 million for next school year, bringing the total budget request to $2.8 billion.

MCPS Chief Operating Officer Andrew Zuckerman and other staffers crunched the numbers and told board members the district currently pays $29.30 per case for 1-ply and buys about 7,000 cases each year. Two-ply costs $33.75 per case, which would increase the annual cost of roughly $200,000 by $31,150.

“Could we find out what the cost of what we’re buying now compared to Charmin?” board member Jeanette Dixon asked Zuckerman. “The Charmin toilet paper that’s specifically sold at Costco. There are two types, the blue type which is the regular Charmin, and then the stronger one, that’s red.”

The audience chuckled by Fraser agreed with Dixon’s suggestion.

“We have the blue Charmin brand, that’s what we always use at home,” he said with a smile. “This is way, way softer in every way, shape and form.”

MCPS officials also discussed researching the potential impact the toilet paper upgrade would have on the district’s aging plumbing systems. They expect to revisit the issue when they resume budget deliberations on Feb. 10, WJLA reports.

Fraser said he was encouraged by board’s response, which included acknowledgement that adults have complained about the issue, as well.

“I was surprised and elated,” he said. “I would say that the money would be really well spent. We have a budget right now of $2.8 billion dollars!”

The district’s most recent school progress report online, from 2017, shows not a single eighth-grader met or exceeded expectations on PARCC assessments for math, while less than half met the threshold for English/language arts.