A North Carolina high school refused to publish a yearbook picture of a teen mom and her baby after the student says she was told the photo would promote teen pregnancy.

Reports say students at Wheatmore High School in Trinity, N.C., were asked to pose for their yearbook photo with a prop that represented an accomplishment or interest.

Graduating student Caitlin Tiller, 18, had her picture taken with son Leelin, 1, but she says she was told days before the yearbook was to be sent to the publisher that the photo could not be used, according to ABCnews.com.

She was offered the opportunity to submit a photo without her son.

“If he wasn’t going to be in it with me, I didn’t want be in it at all,” Tiller said.

Her best friend, who also has a baby, was also not permitted to be pictured with her child.

Tiller and her mother fought the decision but the yearbook was published without her photo.

A school board representative later said in a statement to ABC News that only graduating students can be featured in senior section of the yearbook, and expressed regret that this policy wasn’t communicated more clearly.

Tiller’s mom says she feels the school was trying to hide teen moms such as her daughter, who is now attending a community college and also works near full-time.

"They should be proud that the students are willing to stay in school and graduate and make something of their self and not try and hide it," Karen Morgan told KDSK.