Contrary to the belief of a few, high school cheerleaders are not only leaders in spirit yells in an effort to rally towards a particular team but they are also model citizens of the student body, as leaders in social behavior, academic grades, philanthropic endeavors and other activities.

Needless to say, their behavior reflects upon the school in light mirroring the way they act and it is appropriately expected they act in a way that will reflect positively upon the school.

Parents are in an uproar over two Dickinson High School Cheerleaders who took arms with a permanent marker and a mindset of a Nazi and decided to stroll down vandalism lane.

The two girls, as model citizens, were caught drawing the swastika on a campus wall, a bulletin board, school books and if that weren't enough, the United States Flag.

Why they did it is unknow but the girls' punishment for defacing school property, graffiti, hate-crime symbols and destroying an American Flag?

three-day in-school suspension, cleaned up the graffiti and wrote a term paper on why swastikas are offensive

Reasonable if you are Joe Average student, but as a cheerleader and role model, representing the student's of Dickinson High School, these two girls will continue to lead the crowd in spirit cheers while underneath it all, their outward feelings towards a certain race of people having been shown in permanent ink.

Parents are asking that the girls be removed from the squad and the Anti Defamation League has asked for a meeting with the school as well. These young ladies obviously do not realize how their actions can affect so many around them and in ways unimaginable to the impervious teen mind.

Should they be removed from the squad?