Malibu Not a ‘High’ School

BY SUZANNE GULDIMANN

Some parents raised an alarm when a Malibu High School Malibu sports calendar, which is published three times a year by an independent company, was discovered to feature an ad for a local medical marijuana dispensary.
“Malibu High School is living up to the ‘high’ part of its name,” an email from one concerned parent to the Malibu Surfside News read.
The high school’s athletic director Chris Neier, in an email to the school online community, explained that he contacted the calendar company as soon as the issue was brought to his attention. “The marijuana dispensary will never be on a sports poster again,” Neier wrote. “I called the poster company and let them know. I think they just made a bad mistake.”
Neier told The News that the company that produces the calendars also solicits and sells the ads on them to local businesses. Funds raised go to the MHS Athletic Booster Club. Except for submitting photos of MHS athletes, the school is not involved in the process.
“We received an e-mail from one of our parents,” Neier said. “Once we found out about it, we put the kabosh on it right away. It isn’t going to happen again.”