a spokesman for the Ashburn-based team, tells Washingtonian the posters feature the cheerleaders in their “official uniform” of midriff-exposing belly shirts and close-cropped boy shorts, which some parents described as bikinis. Wyllie also says the posters are typically distributed during the cheerleading squad’s public appearances.School officials did not respond requests for comment, but according to a Facebook page for parents of George Washington students, the distribution of the posters distracted students from the intended message of the poetry-reading event.
“My daughter tells me a few Redskins cheerleaders were brought in to read poetry for Read Across America day, then they handed out flyers of the cheerleading team in bikinis,” one parent wrote. “The boys seemed interested in the flyers (understatement?); my daughter says she and her friends liked the poetry but found the flyers mildly disturbing.”
Other parents reported that some of the boys started ranking the cheerleaders by “hotness” and asked them “humiliating” questions about their relationships with players.
