Not your typical yearbook

You don’t need to be a Rhodes Scholar to see that this idea wasn’t going to end up well.

“The point of the yearbook entirely is to cover what happens in the year,” Hannah Fredrickson, the senior who served as yearbook editor told KCNC TV. “You’d be surprised at how many children at Conifer High School smoke pot. I wanted to push more for a deeper side of Conifer, which, for a lot of students, is drugs and alcohol.”

Students were shown holding a bong and exhaling smoke in a section labeled “Health _ addicted addictions.” Three female students –all identified –are shown holding citations for underage drinking in a second titled “Regrets and mistakes.”

“I wanted to push more for a deeper side…”? It’s a high school year book, not an independent film.

The yearbook editor’s apology/explanation was equally off-the-mark. She regretted “not balancing the yearbook pictures of teenagers smoking pot with pictures of non-drug users.”

Here is a caption by one of the pot photos:

“It makes me feel good,” an unnamed senior is quoted as saying about marijuana. “It brings people together. If you smoke with someone, you’re chill with them.”

Where was the adult supervision? Right here:

The yearbook advisor for the school, Amy McTague, holds the students were only trying to capture the full extent of student life. When parents objected to the offensive material, she stated the students have a constitutional right to publish what they wish.

It should be noted that Colorado’s Jefferson County presently has a zero tolerance policy against substance abuse but lack one against criminal stupidity.

The lack of common sense exhibited by all involved is staggering.

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