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Teen too hot for school yearbook Sydney Spies

Teen too hot for school yearbook Sydney Spies

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 6 months ago
Is dressing like a pole dancer protected under the human rights code? One Colorado teen may try to find out after the editors of her high school yearbook pulled her racy photo. In the shot, Sydney Spies, an 18-year-old dancer and aspiring model, is dressed in a flouncy yellow miniskirt with nothing for a top but a black shawl tied around her chest. The school's administrators refused to allow the sexy picture, she told the Durango Herald. But the yearbook's editors said it was their decision — and it had nothing to do with her revealing ensemble. "We are an award-winning yearbook. We don't want to diminish the quality with something that can be seen as unprofessional," Brian Jaramillo is quoted as saying in the report. But Spies and her mother believe the school officials influenced the yearbook editors, who initially voted in favour of allowing the photo. "I wanted my daughter to cho(o)se a different photo but she is 18 and doesn't always listen!" Miki Spies wrote on Facebook. "Some are upset (th)at the administration is strong-arming the students." Sydney said the decision violates her right to freedom of expression, and she may challenge it. Article courtesy of London free press

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January 19, 2012

The emails I receive about this are exhausting and often contradictory. I am still trying to pull together a clear account of who actually made the final call on that yearbook photo but the wall of silence from the administration is thick. It weighs on me to keep pushing when the answers are so buried.

January 19, 2012

The amount of feedback pouring in is exhausting but it keeps me moving forward. I am drained by the resistance we are facing yet this surge of support proves that people see the issue clearly. We have enough momentum now to ensure school administrators take notice.

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Mike Duncan
14 years ago Featured

total joke. she can wear what she wants on her own time but keep the school stuff professional. grow up.

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Sarah Fuentes
14 years ago Featured

i think she looks great and if shes 18 she should be able to pick her own photos. let her express herself who cares

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Jessica Delgado
14 years ago Featured

its a yearbook not a nightclub. the school is right to have standards for what gets printed. stop acting like a victim.

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