Colorado Student Banned from Yearbook Over Racy Photo

[M.D. Holloway]

............Colorado Student Banned from Yearbook Over Racy Photo
..By Katie Kindelan
.Posts .By Katie Kindelan | ABC News Blogs – 20 hours ago

A Colorado teenager whose yearbook picture was rejected for being too revealing is vowing to fight the ban with her high school’s administration, but the editors of the yearbook insist it was their decision alone on the photo.

The five student editors of the Durango High School yearbook in Durango, Col., told the Durango Herald they were the ones who made the call not to publish a picture of senior Sydney Spies posing in a short yellow skirt midriff and shoulder-exposing black shawl as her senior portrait.

“We are an award-winning yearbook. We don’t want to diminish the quality with something that can be seen as unprofessional,” student Brian Jaramillo told the paper on Thursday.

Spies was joined by her mother, Miki Spies, and a handful of fellow Durango High students and alumni in a protest outside the school Wednesday after, she said, administrators informed her the photo would not be permitted because it violated dress code.

“I feel like they aren’t allowing me to have my freedom of expression,” Spies told the Herald. ”I think the administration is wrong in this situation, and I don’t want this to happen to other people.”

The five editors, who said their decision was unanimous, said Spies’ blame was misplaced, in both targeting the administration, and believing that it was a dress code issue.

They also offered her an opportunity to include the photo in the yearbook, just not as her senior photo.

“If she (Spies) chooses to, the picture will run as her senior ad, not her senior portrait,” Trujillo said.

Despite the clarification from her peers into how and why the decision was made, a meeting Spies initiated between herself, her mother, and the school’s principal, Diane Lashinsky, was held today as planned.

“The editors all turned their backs on me and changed their minds,” she told the Herald. “I really do feel like they were intimidated by the principal.”

Neither Spies nor the school responded to ABCNews.com‘s requests for comments today on the meeting’s outcome.

The Durango School District, which oversees the high school, issued the following statement to ABCNews.com

“The editors of Durango High School’s yearbook informed a senior student in December that her photo in question would not be included as a senior portrait in the yearbook and asked her to submit a replacement. Durango School District 9-R’s administration supports this decision.”

Prior to today’s meeting, the Spies family told local media they planned to meet with a civil lawyer in Denver to review their daughter’s case.



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[ben parrish]

Sign of the times..sad thing her mother defending her. I see kids dressing like that all the time...pretty disgusting..and I am FAR from a prude.

[wdfifteen]

Americans waste so much time on trivia.

[KFC911]

That's racyist!

[JJ 911SC]

[QUOTE=LubeMaster77;6480255

... Prior to today’s meeting, the Spies family told local media they planned to meet with a civil lawyer in Denver to review their daughter’s case....[/QUOTE]

Keeping the American Dream alive...

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by ben parrish

Sign of the times..sad thing her mother defending her. I see kids dressing like that all the time...pretty disgusting..and I am FAR from a prude.

Why is it sad? She is dressed in a manner that she likes and is not showing anything. If the kid is doing nothing wrong, and the parents don't step up to help what does that say about the parent? I say good for the parents for backing their daughter, even if I don't agree with the photo. It is not up to anybody to force their values on others as long as there are no guidelines/laws being broken.
I agree that style is not high on my list of favorites but I have no right to say she can't dress like that, nor does anybody else for that matter.

[KFC911]

Reminds me of the attorney of the 15 year old who was deported after she lied...I'm paraphrazoing but it was something like: We're going after the person responsible for this. Ummm...his client

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Rick V

...I agree that style is not high on my list of favorites but I have no right to say she can't dress like that, nor does anybody else for that matter.

If'n ya can't go to school dressed like that, don't expect to be in the yearbook either imo. I'm no prude...far from it, but the family is clueless...

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by KC911

If'n ya can't go to school dressed like that, don't expect to be in the yearbook either imo. I'm no prude...far from it, but the family is clueless...

But do we know that is off limits for school, and that includes after school functions like dances and football games. If it is I agree, if it isn't then the yearbook staff is wrong.

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

“We are an award-winning yearbook. We don’t want to diminish the quality with something that can be seen as unprofessional,” student Brian Jaramillo told the paper on Thursday.



The five editors, who said their decision was unanimous, said Spies’ blame was misplaced, in both targeting the administration, and believing that it was a dress code issue.

Their own words show they are holding their own values as the benchmark for what is allowed and what is not

[KFC911]

[QUOTE=LubeMaster77;6480255The five editors, who said their decision was unanimous, said Spies’ blame was misplaced, in both targeting the administration, and believing that it was a dress code issue.

They also offered her an opportunity to include the photo in the yearbook, just not as her senior photo.

“If she (Spies) chooses to, the picture will run as her senior ad, not her senior portrait,” Trujillo said.
[/QUOTE]

I hear ya Rick, but imo the editors offered up a very reasonable compromise...

[KFC911]

BTW Rick...she's pretty hot...imagine what this could lead too

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by KC911

BTW Rick...she's pretty hot...imagine what this could lead too

Ummmmm Uh-huh. Forgive me father for..................

[Roosterrusek]

LOL, she's and idiot. OK, she's hot like a jillion others out there. She's an attention whore, nothing more. Her job will be to service her rich husband...

Can't wear it at school, then shouldn't be able to put it in the yearbook.

[azasadny]

"Boudoir" photos don't belong in a yearbook...

[BK911]

She is smoking hot, and probably just doing this for her 5 minutes of fame. Which she will probably get because she is smoking hot. Did I mention I think she is smoking hot?

FPSOA - Future porn star of america

[ben parrish]

Rick, it' sad because she's in HGH SCHOOL! The photo looks like a series shot from Playboy. It is intended to be provocotive and that is not appropiate....mother has a warped sense of morals for defending it; IMHO.

Now, if she were posing for a calander/magazine and she were not in high school; it's fine.

She does look attractive.

[Rick V]

My whole contention is if she is allowed to attend a school function dressed like that than they can not disallow it in the yearbook.
I agree I don't think it is appropriate but I don't have the right to tell her no she can't do it.
When my kids were wrong I told them so and if they wanted to fight it they did it without my help. When they were right I went to the mat for them. Having that mindset I agree with the parents, as long as it is not a violation of school policy.
I did a facebook search on the young lady in question and I see a trailer park in here near future

[Joe Bob]

Tramp in training.....

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

“We are an award-winning yearbook. We don’t want to diminish the quality with something that can be seen as unprofessional,” student Brian Jaramillo told the paper on Thursday.

The photo studio listed on the right lower corner of this pic has a lawsuit as well. My wife pointed that out.


Tramp in training? I think she may be able to teach the class