SAN DIEGO – I guess twerking is considered a violation of school rules and not taking lightly by Scripps Ranch High School.33 students were suspended from school and banned from attending prom and graduation because they appeared in the video.Parents are not pleased that there kids were in the video but it looks like there even more upset that the school has taken such a harsh approach to discipline the students.The video was made in the schools media class and shot on school property where the video was also shot and edited.
Twerking is a dance move that involves a person shaking their hips and bottom in a bouncing up and down motion.
When teachers saw the video on YouTube, they suspended all 33 students involved, including three stars on the undefeated track team.
“One of our best hurdlers, one of our best sprinters, and one of our best high jumpers are not allowed to run at our most important meet tomorrow because they’re suspended for this video,” said student Emily Benzie.
Benzie, a junior, was not in the video. She says without some of the girls who were, her undefeated season may suffer.
“They’re good students,” she said. “They never get in trouble. The first time they get yelled at is for twerking in a video.”
Benzie’s mother Chris said, “Overall, it’s pop culture.”
She told 10News the moves in the students’ video remind her of the moves in the movie “Dirty Dancing” and the school administration like the prudish, overbearing father.
“They’ve waited four years to go to prom, to walk at graduation and now because of a fun video, it’s being taken away from them,” said Benzie.
School officials did not immediately get back to 10News on Wednesday evening, but Benzie’s mother said because so many students are impacted by this, she would not be surprised if the parents pulled together and filed an appeal.
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