A Nebraska elementary school reprinted its newest yearbook before it was distributed to students because the cover included a cross.
The fifth graders at Manchester Elementary School in Elkhorn, Neb., voted for the 2018-19 yearbook’s original cover art – a white calligram of a cross comprised of 15 different words such as “love,” “learn,” “dream” and “faith,” the Omaha World Herald reported.
But the principal and the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), which raises funds for the publication, did not approve it before it was printed.
PTO President Andrea Abrahamson said board members “voted unanimously to reprint the cover as it was not sensitive to our all-student agenda.”
“The yearbook cover in question was not distributed to students,” Abrahamson told the newspaper.
The reprinted yearbook cover includes a scene with clouds.
It is the second time in less than a year the school has received national attention. Last winter, then-principal Jennifer Sinclair issued a directive banning Christmas music, Christmas carols, Christmas trees, candy canes, Santa and the colors red and green, as Christian Headlines reported.
Sinclair eventually stepped down, even though Liberty Counsel – the legal group that wanted the policy overturned – had said it wasn’t wanting her dismissed.
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