You would normally pay for your school yearbook before the school year ends and then pick it up at the beginning of the next school year.
That is the opposite for my kids, and for myself too iirc. Had to pay for them very early in the school year, photos in the fall, retakes at some point if needed, and then passed out shortly before the end of the school year so you could get your friends and teachers to sign it.
I don’t know why anyone would want to do that, the big thing was to get all your friends to sign it before the school year ended and summer break began. It was an especially big deal for seniors since they were graduating. We always received ours in time to do this before the school year documented by the yearbook came to an end.
That seems about right I think.
Well that would suck for graduating seniors, wouldn't it?