Parents are upset over the yearbook.
May 23, 2008 - They presented their concerns to the Queen Creek Unified School District school board, saying they want more control over the yearbook's contents next year. Pictures of student tattoos and piercings, a portrait of a lesbian couple and photos suggesting underage drinking were all considered appropriate by the Yearbook adviser Robert Boop.
Yearbooks are created for a reason," said Boop, who has taught the yearbook class for three years. "It's not meant to satisfy everyone. Yearbook is supposed to be history as (students) see it."Besides the tattoos and piercings pages in the 224-page book, some parents were also concerned about a picture of two students holding red plastic drinking cups. The students were named "Best partiers."
Another photo of concern is a lesbian couple posing on a couples page. Only one parent spoke in favor of the yearbook. His two daughters were on the yearbook staff.
He said the district cannot set certain boundaries.Oddly, the two girls don't have tattoos or body piercings.
"I understand the concerns, but as a public school, you cannot draw the lines to what is acceptable," Florance said. "Tattoos and piercings is life. As much as we don't agree with it, it's their right," he told the board.
TT - Few yearbooks can rival the Conifer, Colorado yearbook that celebrated drugs, sex and drug citations.
