Students at a Nebraska middle school ended the school year without their yearbooks after officials delayed its release to remove a memorial tribute for a 13-year-old girl who tragically passed away.
Yearbooks at Irving Middle School contained a page to honor student Taylor Miller, who died in November after being hit by a car, KOLN reported.
But the Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) District policy, which has been in place for years, does not permit memorial pages in yearbooks.
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Students at Irving Middle School (above) ended the school year without their yearbooks after officials delayed its release to remove a memorial tribute for a girl who tragically passed away.
Yearbooks at Irving Middle School contained a page to honor student Taylor Miller (pictured), who died in November after being hit by a car
Irving Middle School principal Jason Shanahan said in an email to parents that he originally approved the yearbook containing the memorial, but he later learned it violated the district policy so the yearbooks were returned.
'The guidelines were developed through consultation with district and community experts based on research specific to the impact of memorials on children and youth,' he wrote in the email, according to Omaha.com.
'We believe these guidelines are in the best interest of our children and allow us to remain consistent and fair.'
The LPS supervisor of student services, Brenda Leggiadro, told the television station: 'We also want to be sure we do nothing that seems to glamorize or glorify death and that's a concern that we have for our students.'
Irving Middle School (above) principal Jason Shanahan said that he originally approved the yearbook containing the memorial, but he later learned it violated the district policy so they were returned
However, some parents and students disagree with the policy about memorials in yearbooks. One parent even took matters into his own hands and created autograph books (above) for the entire eighth grade class to have for their party
However, some parents and students disagree with the policy about memorials in yearbooks.
'We think it's all like the school district's fault and everything because we don't think that should be able to be taken away,' eighth grader Alyssia Clark told KOLN.
Dominic Aguirre, a parent to an eighth grader at the school, told KOLN: 'I understand the school has their policy, but I don't think the kids are glorifying a death or anything. I think they're just honoring their friend Taylor.'
One parent even took matters into his own hands and created autograph books for the entire eighth grade class to have for their end of the year party.
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