The Lincoln Log

The most significant difference between last year’s yearbook and this year’s is the change from semicolor to all-color pages, resulting in a price increase from $60 to $90.

Last year, the highest price for yearbooks reached $80, but this year, mostly due to the additional cost for the full-color pages, the price has surpassed that of last year’s. Many juniors and seniors, and even teachers, have complained about the price increase of the yearbooks, but yearbook staff members say they were forced to raise prices because not enough yearbooks were sold at $60.

“Our goal was to sell a certain number of yearbooks. We did sell a lot – over 600. It is a new record, but we didn’t sell as many as we had liked. We’ve got to make up for that money. If everybody had bought their yearbooks at $60, the prices would most likely have not gone up this high,” said Angelica Young, a sports editor on the yearbook staff.

The yearbook staff has attempted other ways to keep the prices of the yearbook low, such as selling pages for students’ baby pictures and icons for the front cover. However, these sales have not brought in as much money as hoped for the yearbook treasury, forcing the staff to raise the price of the yearbooks. The staff continues to think of ways such as fundraising in attempts to keep prices low.

“We’re trying to organize things like fundraisers, which I think is a good idea, but we need the support of the students. This year’s yearbook staff is really good, and we’ve put a lot of effort into making this all-color yearbook great. But not enough people bought it, so we’re asking for their help,” said assistant editor May May Chung.

While the price increase does affect some people’s decisions to buy yearbooks, the yearbook staff feels that these precious mementos of students’ high school years are priceless.

“Ten years from now, would you rather look at a yearbook that is medium-quality or one that is really nice and has many wonderful high school memories in color? The staff wants people to remember high school as a great and wonderful part of their lives,” Young said.