Florida High school yearbook on hold until student anti "don't say gay bill" photos as covered up

[Demovictory9]

ONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Yearbooks at a central Florida high school won't be distributed until images of students holding rainbow flags and a “love is love” sign while protesting the state's so-called “Don't Say Gay” law can be covered up.

District officials said they don't want anyone thinking that the school supported the students' walkout.


Lyman High School Principal Michael Hunter said in a statement Monday that “pictures and descriptions" documenting a student walk-out in March in response to Florida's Parental Rights in Education law should have been “caught earlier in the review process."

The bill, signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

“Rather than reprinting the yearbook at substantial cost and delay, we have elected to cover that material that is out of compliance with board policy so that yearbooks can be distributed as soon as possible," the principal's statement said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-school-yearbook-on-hold-over-student-protest-photos/ar-AAX6AGl

[J_William_Ryan]

1. Such is the

neo-fascist, authoritarian, Orwellian right.

[Eugene]

2. Seminole county has reversed the decision.

The only link I can find so far is behind a paywall.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-seminole-schools-lyman-yearbook-20220511-qf6ts7gmtzen3nqm3l2du5ojbe-story.html

[chia]

3. From your link: (Often if you click your read version button, you can get all or part of it)

The Seminole County School Board scrapped a plan Tuesday to put stickers over yearbook photos of students protesting against Florida’s so-called “don’t say gay” bill, responding to a public backlash against the move.

The school board voted 5-0 not to obscure the photos and captions of a walkout protest featured in Lyman High School’s yearbook.

Instead, an alternative sticker will be placed on the page that explains the protest was student led and not sponsored by the school.

Amy Pennock, the school board chair, and other board members said they would purchase the new stickers that wouldn’t cover the yearbook staff’s work.