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Parents outraged after pro-Trump messages were edited out of this high school's yearbooks
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Wall Township public schools has not said who was responsible for the yearbook edits, but Superintendent Cheryl Dyer said the district does not condone them, adding: “We are all equally outraged.” ... Dyer said in a statement that the district learned about “an allegation of censorship and the possible violation of First Amendment rights” and is now investigating the matter.
Parents outraged after pro-Trump messages were edited out of this high school’s yearbooks
By Lindsey Bever June 12 at 12:25 PM
Grant Berardo’s class portrait is seen at left. The version that appeared in his high school yearbook is at right. (Courtesy of Joseph Berardo)
When 17-year-old Grant Berardo wanted to wear a political T-shirt on school picture day in October, his parents told him it was fine. ... His “TRUMP Make America Great Again!” shirt did not violate the dress code at Wall Township High School in central New Jersey because it did not reference drugs or alcohol or weapons. Instead, it simply featured the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign slogan. ... “He just wanted to memorialize what was going on in the country at the time,” the teen’s father, Joseph Berardo, told The Washington Post.
But when the junior received his yearbook last week, he noticed something was missing from the photo: President Trump’s winning campaign slogan.
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Wall Township public schools has not said who was responsible for the yearbook edits, but Superintendent Cheryl Dyer said the district does not condone them, adding: “We are all equally outraged.” ... Dyer said in a statement that the district learned about “an allegation of censorship and the possible violation of First Amendment rights” and is now investigating the matter.
“Two parents have notified the school district of ways in which the attire of their children was altered in yearbook photos,” she said. “Further, there are claims that comments or quotes offered for inclusion in the yearbook were not published. References to and support of President Trump were involved in each of these incidents.”
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Lindsey Bever is a general assignment reporter for The Washington Post. Follow @lindseybever
By Lindsey Bever June 12 at 12:25 PM
Grant Berardo’s class portrait is seen at left. The version that appeared in his high school yearbook is at right. (Courtesy of Joseph Berardo)
When 17-year-old Grant Berardo wanted to wear a political T-shirt on school picture day in October, his parents told him it was fine. ... His “TRUMP Make America Great Again!” shirt did not violate the dress code at Wall Township High School in central New Jersey because it did not reference drugs or alcohol or weapons. Instead, it simply featured the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign slogan. ... “He just wanted to memorialize what was going on in the country at the time,” the teen’s father, Joseph Berardo, told The Washington Post.
But when the junior received his yearbook last week, he noticed something was missing from the photo: President Trump’s winning campaign slogan.
....
Wall Township public schools has not said who was responsible for the yearbook edits, but Superintendent Cheryl Dyer said the district does not condone them, adding: “We are all equally outraged.” ... Dyer said in a statement that the district learned about “an allegation of censorship and the possible violation of First Amendment rights” and is now investigating the matter.
“Two parents have notified the school district of ways in which the attire of their children was altered in yearbook photos,” she said. “Further, there are claims that comments or quotes offered for inclusion in the yearbook were not published. References to and support of President Trump were involved in each of these incidents.”
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Lindsey Bever is a general assignment reporter for The Washington Post. Follow @lindseybever
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