What is it about the combination of high school cheerleaders and digital cameras that always leads to something stupid?
Despite several high profile cases of girls getting booted from cheerleading squads and expelled from school over revealing photos, teenagers keep snapping pics with their cell phones and digi-cams and landing themselves in hot water.
A pair of teens at Bothell High School in Seattle are just the latest to fall victim to their own poor judgment. What makes this case unique is that after the girls’ photos made the rounds with the football team and the girls were punished by being suspended from the cheer leading squad, their parents came to their defense. Sort of.
The girls’ mothers filed suit against the school. Their challenge asserts not that the school’s administrators were wrong to suspend the girls, but that they did not appropriately punish all those involved and that their right to due process was violated.
As part of the suit, the parents are looking for an apology from officials for not reporting the images immediately as child pornography or properly disciplining the other students involved. The parents also contend that the school officials unnecessarily shared the images with other staff members. It also charges that students, particularly those on the football team, found to be possession of the photos and sharing them with others should be punished appropriately according to child pornography laws.
The school only went as far as asking student who received the photos to delete them, which we’re sure was plenty effective.
Our take? The girls are dumb for taking the photos, students were mean to share them, the school was wrong not to punish those who distributed them, and the parents are stupid for thinking that a lawsuit isn’t just a waste of taxpayer money.
So please, teenage girls of the world, here is a little advice from Switched — keep your clothes on in front of a camera
Parents Sue School in Nude Cheerleader Photo Scandal - Switched
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