Posted on 04/27/2017 6:45:08 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
The Big Lake High School trap shooting team will have its team photo included in the school's yearbook after all.
School officials Thursday announced a change to a student handbook policy that excluded firearms or weapons from being displayed.
The trap shooting team photo showed all 60 team members posed with shotguns by their side, and its rejection upset team members, their parents and others.
The new policy still allows for images that "violate school policy, display firearms, weapons, drugs, alcohol, inappropriate gestures and poses, and revealing clothing" to be edited or excluded. But it makes an exception for the trap shooting team.
The full policy amendment reads:
All photos, written text, and artwork must conform to school policies and are subject to approval by the yearbook advisor and/or administration. Photos and artwork that violate school policy, display firearms, weapons, drugs, alcohol, inappropriate gestures or poses, and revealing or obscene clothing may be edited or excluded without permission or notification.
Exception given to our school-sponsored trap-shooting team which will be allowed to have team pictures in the yearbook, team poster displayed in the school, and any approved photos taken by yearbook staff. These photos would include their firearms.
In a release announcing the amendment, school officials said the publicity the story received made the issue more difficult.
"It is important to remember that a school district has rules and procedures that need to be followed," reads a portion of the release. "The intense conversation around this topic on social media and the phone calls and emails we received, only delayed the process.
"We encouraged the public to follow the process when a request is being made to review a rule or policy. As always, we appreciate feedback and comments from the public."
The Big Lake school board had been expected to discuss the issue at its meeting Thursday night.
I saw that on the Facebook today. Poor Big Lake children.
Hey, they won. There’s still hope.
I call BS on that.
I strongly suspect that if there hadn't been intense conversation there wouldn't have been any "process" at all.
Bump
Ditto
“EXPOSED”
Exactly.
Arrogant leftist thugs...
Next stop, the Thug-o-lympics.
Ha. Ha.
NOT.
I agree. Seems they woke up to the 2nd Amendment Rights.
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