DALLAS —
Three girls were disciplined for playing a suggestive song at a North Texas high school pep rally, school administrators said.
The girls, who are on the twirl team, were disciplined after playing Katy Perry‘s song “I Kissed A Girl” at a pep rally at Van High School in Van Zandt County.
The song’s lyrics, which are performed by a woman, say, “I kissed a girl, and I liked it.”
Jordan Downey, one of the girls who was disciplined, said she didn’t think the school would care about the song.
“They told us that it probably won’t be a very good a idea, and then we decided, like, it’s not a big deal, we’ll just run for it, no one’s going to care,” she said.
School officials said the girls broke the student code of conduct.
“We did have rules in place, and rules were broken and discipline followed,” said Van Independent School District spokesman Suzie McWilliams.
Downey said she thinks she and the other two girls were disciplined because the song is about a girl kissing another girl.
“It’s a song,” she said. “It’s just like any other song.”
School administrators told NBC 5 the twirlers will not be allowed to attend two football games and one pep rally.
“The pep rally is OK. I could deal with that one,” Downey said. “But the game — I really like to perform, especially since it’s a home game.”
Downey, a senior, has been a member of the twirl team for the last four years.
Taylor Lewis, a senior at Van High, said band members wore stickers that said, “no twirlers, no band” and that the drum line is saying it will not play at the games.
A parent, who did not want to be identified, said she feels the song is inappropriate for school and should not have been played at a pep rally.
Jordon Downey‘s mother, Jane, said the situation wasn’t a big deal. She also said the punishment was fair.
She said her daughter isn’t a bad person. The school district agreed and said the matter is closed.
What could have been the first clue that you shouldn’t be perfoming this song?