While she knew the weapon in the photo was not a real gun, Elenor said it was still an “unnerving experience” and she wanted to get the word out.
It was brought to the attention of the Huntsville OPP and the Trillium Lakelands District School Board by Lindsey Elenor, a concerned Huntsville resident, on March 24.Īs the mother of a Grade 11 student at the high school, Elenor said she wanted people to know of the possible threat that the image could pose.Įlenor said she first saw a screenshot of the photo on her daughter’s phone after it was sent to her group of friends on the social media app Snapchat. The photo contained the words “Don’t come to school tomorrow” and depicted someone holding what the school board said was a paintball gun. After a photo circulating on social media raised concerns of a shooting threat at Huntsville High School, parents and community members went online wondering why they were not informed by the school.
#Yearbook photo gun free#
Or what about hunting books? Do those pictures violate federal law too? And what about schools in the surrounding area that have Trap and Skeet teams, do those kids and their pictures break the law? How about their Letterman jackets with little rifles on them, does that break the law? And how does it promote violence? What item is illegal in this picture? I see a kid that loves his nation, loves free speech and loves the. “No different the pictures in the school library of soldiers during any one of our nation’s wars. 8 and has been shared more than 1,600 times, defends the photo. STORY: School Censors Girl’s Shirt for Yearbook PhotoĬharles’s Facebook post, which was originally published on Dec. “The ruling is that our policy prohibits this display on media sources and so we’ve ruled that he’d have to submit a new photo.” “We don’t allow guns on school property, we don’t allow students to wear clothing that depicts guns or weapons or any violence or drugs or alcohol,” Dahlen told KFGO. “He has singled out my family over the years because of our traditional conservative values and beliefs! In my opinion he is out of control and morally bankrupt person who has been in his position way long! … Enough is enough he needs to be fired! So begins the fight for freedom.”Īndy Dahlen, principal of Fargo North, says his political views have nothing to do with his decision.
“He is a far left progressive who is using his position to promote his political agenda and push it on our children,” Charles wrote in a Facebook post challenging the school’s ban of the photo.
STORY: Yearbook Gun Photos Are a ‘Great’ Idea, Expert Saysīut Charles Renville, Josh’s father, says the photo breaks no rules and that the principal should be fired. The photo was rejected by the principal, who said it violated school policy, according to WDAY. For his yearbook picture, he submitted a photo of himself standing in front of an American flag, holding a gun, and wearing a stars and stripes tank top (as seen above). Josh Renville is a senior at Fargo North High School in North Dakota. The father of a high school senior is calling for the principal to be fired after he banned a photo from the yearbook that features the student holding a rifle.
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