A Central California school district has allowed a high school newspaper to publish a risque profile of an 18-year-old student who works in the porn industry and has earned as much as $475 in three hours from selling nude images.

The Lodi Unified School District didn't stop the story from running Friday in the Bear Creek High School paper, The Bruin Voice, where Caitlin Fink says that one of the hardest things since leaving home after a fallout and moving in with her friend's parents, is earning enough money.

But she quickly learned some tough lessons

'I used to sell my content first before receiving any sort of payment, and when I asked for the payment, [buyers would] save my content and block me,' Fink said in the article Friday. 'I've also had to put my name on pictures sometimes because people would try and sell them, claiming them as theirs.'

Lodi Unified School District didn't stop a story about Bear Creek High School student Caitlin Fink's porn career from running Friday in The Bruin Voice

The editorial team of the Bruin Voice and the writer of the story, Bailey Kirkeby (right), fought hard to get the article published, saying that the piece humanized Caitlin Fink (left) and tells the story of the challenges she has faced

The lawyer who represents teacher Kathi Duffel (left) and student writer Bailey Kirkeby (right) concluded that the story didn't violate education codes

The paper's adviser, English teacher Kathi Duffel, had accused district officials of censorship after they demanded to review and approve the article before publication.

In an April 11 letter, district Superintendent Cathy Nichols-Washer warned of possible discipline, 'up to and including dismissal' if she refused.

Duffel refused on free speech grounds, and officials in the San Joaquin Valley district, which has about 31,500 students, agreed to let an attorney review the story.

Matthew Cate, who represents Duffel and the student who wrote the article, concluded that the story didn't violate education codes.

A lawyer for the district, Paul Gant, wrote to Cate Wednesday to say the district wouldn't prevent publication of the story. But Gant also called Duffel insubordinate for refusing to submit the article for review, and said, 'There is no question that the article could be lawfully reviewed or censored,' the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Duffel refused to let district review story she oversaw before its publication

California English teacher, Kathi Duffel (pictured), could lose her job after overseeing a high school newspaper story about senior, Caitlin Fink, 18, who is working in the porn industry

'Because the district has been denied an opportunity to preview the article, the district does not endorse it,' the district said in a statement. 'Because we are charged with the education and care of our community's children, we will always be diligent in our efforts to provide a safe learning environment for all students, while complying with our obligations under the law.'

The Bruin Voice tweeted Thursday that Duffell said: 'This is a whole new level of district administrators who have lost their minds, quite frankly.'

Duffel, who has taught English for 33 years in the Lodi School District, believed that Fink should be able to tell her own story.

Fink says in the piece: 'When I first started selling, it was just for money. But then I liked the attention I got, [such as] being called beautiful. I enjoyed it because it made me feel good about myself.'

The article profiles a student who sells nude videos and aspires to be a stripper

Fink works as a part-time dishwasher and pays a friend's parents $300 per month to live with them. Duffel said the teenager wanted to share story and challenges that led her to do porn

She details how she was 'so excited' when her agent told her about scenes she was going to do under her professional contract with Pornhub. She passed mandatory blood test every two weeks in order to film sex scenes but was told to get her body acne cleared because the camera picks up details.

Her first professional porn shoot was cancelled as a result and she hasn't earned anything so far with the website.

Fink has a second job as a dishwasher to make ends meet.

'You can choose how you get paid,' Fink shared. 'It usually goes by view count, or you can sell your videos if [users] want to download them. There is also a tip option on [member's] profiles. Pornhub sends money to your PayPal.'

Officials from Bear Creek High School believe the Bruin Voice (file image) story violates the state education code that prohibits publication of material that is 'obscene, libelous or slanderous' because the story focuses on 'the production of adult videos'

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Fink aspires to be a stripper where it's easier to rake in the cash.

'When I auditioned at a strip club, I made $80 in what felt like five or six minutes,' Fink - who calls herself a 'lovey-dovey, old school romantic' reveals.

She warns in the Friday article that her onscreen encounters do not reflect real-life sex.

The district believes the story violates the state education code that prohibits publication of material that is 'obscene, libelous or slanderous' because the story focuses on 'the production of adult videos'.

The editorial team and the writer of the story, Bailey Kirkeby, said the piece humanizes Fink.

'I am very proud of the story and how it turned out,' she told the Chronicle.

Duffel contacted an attorney after the district warned (letter picture) her that she would be personally liable for any legal claims that could result from the article and if she failed to provide a copy of the story, she could face 'dismissal'

Duffel had told the paper that the article doesn't glamorize pornography, but it 'will help students think more critically about the choices they do make at this age in their lives.'

The student who was interviewed said she wanted to dispel rumors. 'I'm 18, what I'm doing is legal, and I don't see why everyone is making such a big deal out of it,' Fink said.

California law ensures that the First Amendment applies to student journalists. It prohibits prior restraint of school newspaper stories unless they are obscene, libelous or slanderous or incite unlawful acts or school disruptions.

Duffel's students 'are getting a front-row seat to our government in action,' she told the Chronicle. 'What better way to teach the value of the First Amendment than by teaching them firsthand not to have their voices silenced?'

Duffel has relied on the law before to block censorship attempts over her nearly three decades advising the Bruin Voice. For example, in 2013 the principal at the time confiscated 1,700 copies of the newspaper when students exposed inaccuracies in the school safety handbook.