Kavs HS had similar yearbook pages. Not of him, just partyers and partying, in general. The pages Ive seen dont go into as much detail or, um, bragging as this girls school.
My public HS yearbook NEVER had pics like these. We had clubs, that would have parties where kids were drinking, but the only pics that made it to our yearbook were service project, honors and induction pics. If school officials found out about the partys with alcohol, you or your club could be suspended.
Maybe it was an elite, private school thing. I guess the parents were in support of such goings on.
I don't know when your experience occurred, but I agree that public school yearbooks tended to be more restrained. But parties with alcohol were very common since the legal drinking age was 18 at the time. Including ones where the parents hired the bartender.
If she did not want to go public then why did she retain an attorney and take a polygraph test in August before sending the letter?