HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK INCLUDES COLORADO STUDENTS DRINKING, SMOKING MARIJUANA

CONIFER, Colo. - Most likely to succeed? Try most likely to go to jail.

The yearbook for the high school in this mountain town near Denver
published photos of students smoking marijuana and drinking beer, drawing
the ire of parents and administrators.

Hannah Fredrickson, the senior who served as yearbook editor, said she
regrets not balancing the yearbook pictures of teenagers smoking pot with
pictures of non-drug users.

But she said people need to know what it going on.

"The point of the yearbook entirely is to cover what happens in the year,"
she told KCNC TV. "You'd be surprised at how many children at Conifer High
School some pot. I wanted to push more for a deeper side of Conifer, which,
for a lot of students, is drugs and alcohol."

The Jefferson County School District began an investigation after parents
complained, and their school has offered to take back yearbooks and refund
payments.

"There were some things ... that I don't feel that I can defend. There were
some pictures and quotes that I do believe have crossed the line," acting
Principal Pat Termin said.

Students were shown holding a bong and exhaling smoke in a section labeled
"Health - addicted, addictions." Three female students - all identified -
are shown holding citations for underage drinking in a second titled
"Regrets and mistakes."

Amy McTague, the teacher who supervises the yearbook production, sent a
letter of apology to parents.

"It wasn't my intent or my students' intent to portray such a negative tone
in their attempt to cover all aspects of a students' life and some of the
very difficult choices they face," she wrote.

"These issues detract from the many wonderful things that are included in
this book."