CO Student banned from yearbook

TBLilyRose · January 2012

And her mother's right there protesting with her!

https://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/colorado-student-banned-yearbook-over-racy-photo-201606793--abc-news.html

Gist of the story: Girl poses in skimpy outfit (midriff bare, shoulders exposed, sexy face/pose). Student editors of yearbook decide not to public her photo. Administration backs them up citing dress code violation. Girl, her mother, and friends protest outside school. Student editors say she can use the picture in her senior ad, just not her senior portrait because they don't want to seem unprofessional and essentially ruin the integrity of their yearbook.

What say you all? Are they trampling on her freedom of expression or are the student editors right for putting their foot down?

For me, personally, no teenage daughter of mine would be posing like that for high school yearbook photos...and the last thing I'd be doing protesting in front of the school.

ABColeslaw · January 2012

I think if its a violation of the dresscode, then yes they have every right not to publish it in the yearbook.

pesci12 · January 2012

They have a right not to publish it - it's a dress code violation. If that was my teenage daughter, I certainly would not be protesting with her.

CinemaGoddess · January 2012

ashleysyn2:
Good God, if I was her mom I would NOT be protesting with her. I'd be telling her to stop whining, go home, put some clothes on, and get the picture redone. There's a difference between expressing yourself and looking like trash.

This right here.

nanabanana06 · January 2012

That is not a senior portrait. That is a stripper or porn star audition. I agree with the school on this one. That photo is more revealing than my beauty school glamour shots. Yikes!

CinemaGoddess · January 2012

Really, HS yearbook photos are meant to be looked upon awhen you're 30 with the exclamation of "OMG?! Why did I think that hairstyle was a good idea? And the eyeliner! I look like a raccoon!". Not "OMG. I look like a whore."

flyingsaucer · January 2012

She looks like a slut. It is not appropriate

sawyerthedestroyer · January 2012

Sooo, she wants this photo to be her senior portrait? I thought senior portraits were those boring head shots of each student near the front of the year book. At least that's the way it was when I was in high school. Anything else could go on your senior ad. Just like what this yearbook staff is allowing. I guess I'm not understanding this girl's issue.

kathleen02 · January 2012

ABColeslaw:
I think if its a violation of the dresscode, then yes they have every right not to publish it in the yearbook.

This.

emjenkins715 · January 2012

First problem is the mother allowing her to dress/pose like that for a senior photo. However, were the yearbook students allowing her to use that picture somewhere else in the yearbook? If that's the case then the girl can definitely fight it and say she wants that picture as her senior photo and the yearbook staff won't have a leg to stand on.

NathsPrncssD · January 2012

First of all - why can't I find the actual picture!? It's driving me crazy! Lol! I want to see the slutty pic! Lol!

As a former yearbook editor in hs and college and a former hs yearbook advisor - they have every right not to publish the photo! At the school I worked at, dress code had to be followed in the senior pics. We were a little more lenient when it came to the senior ads. We had a baby pic section and I wouldn't allow a senior to put a picture of her as a little girl reading a book on the toliet...just not tasteful IMHO. I mean, for a baby book, it's very cute...just not a yearbook. And it was supposed to be a baby photo...not a 3 or 4 year old photo, which it was.

wolverine8 · January 2012

Nana_Osaki06:
That is not a senior portrait. That is a stripper or porn star audition. I agree with the school on this one. That photo is more revealing than my beauty school glamour shots. Yikes!

This exactly.

epona3 · January 2012

emjenkins715:
First problem is the mother allowing her to dress/pose like that for a senior photo. However, were the yearbook students allowing her to use that picture somewhere else in the yearbook? If that's the case then the girl can definitely fight it and say she wants that picture as her senior photo and the yearbook staff won't have a leg to stand on.

I think they are being overly nice by saying she can use the pic in her senior ad. However, the students pay to have "senior ads" so they have a little more freedom in what kind of pic they can use. Essentially, what they're saying is "We won't let you use this slutty picture of yourself in the senior portrait section, but if you want to pay us $50, you can put it in your own special slutty ad."

This makes me glad that at the HS I work at, they have pretty strict guidelines about what type of pic you can submit for the yearbook (indoor, black background, pretty much just a face shot - I don't know all the rules, but it's pretty straightforward and basic) If you don't submit a pic, I think they use your school photo. Maybe it "cramps their style" but at least no one ends up looking like a ho-bag.

NewFamily09 · January 2012

Good for the school for standing up to this. They aren't trampling her freedom of expression. They aren't saying "you can't dress like this," they are saying "you can't dress like this AT SCHOOL and be in the yearbook." I can't believe the mom is supporting her. What kind of a parent would do such a thing.

ThePolishHammer · January 2012

There is no way I would be protesting with her if I was her mother. But then there is no way my daughter will be dressing and/or posing like that in high school.

pepomntpat · January 2012

Regardless of whether or not the picture is trashy, the yearbook staff and the school administration have a right to choose the rules regarding what is published. We had very clear rules about what our pics had to look like.

JCGreene85 · January 2012

All she needs is a pole

PrincessFiona9 · January 2012

I wish that I could see the picture!

TBLilyRose · January 2012

AshleyMichelle06:
I wish that I could see the picture!

nealbl · January 2012

That mother should be embarassed!

shakes · January 2012

Um...yeah...your mom sucks kid.

Kingston54 · January 2012

ABColeslaw:
I think if its a violation of the dresscode, then yes they have every right not to publish it in the yearbook.

Yes, that and she should also be dressing appropriately.

PrincessFiona9 · January 2012

TBLilyRose:

AshleyMichelle06:
I wish that I could see the picture!

omg she does look like a hooker!

Smootchy · January 2012

When we picked photo for senior yearbook, it had to be a head shot/shoulder and up type thing.

She shouldn't use that photo in yearbook

MegGary · January 2012

ashleysyn2:
Good God, if I was her mom I would NOT be protesting with her. I'd be telling her to stop whining, go home, put some clothes on, and get the picture redone. There's a difference between expressing yourself and looking like trash.

Exactly.

OctGirl80 · January 2012

1. Scarf =/= shirt

2. She will forever be known as "That trashy girl who got banned from her yearbook".

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