MCKINNEY, Texas -- The varsity cheerleading coach and teaching intern at McKinney North High School said she quit because the school would not back her up on discipline she said a small number of team members needed.

Michaela Ward said her cheerleaders had some behavorial problems such as skipping classes, being late to practice and even smarting off to teachers. However, the girls' biggest offense was when they posed for a sexually suggestive photograph while wearing their school uniform inside a Condoms To Go store.

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The sexually suggestive photos made it onto the Internet, NBC 5 reported.

Ward said the girls were suspended for 30 days but that the suspension was overturned, in part, because one of the cheerleaders is the daughter of the McKinney North High School principal.

The girls' suspensions were rolled back to 15 days plus probation. Ward told NBC 5's Randy McIlwain that she is concerned about the lesson the girls are being taught.

"Young kids are going to live up to expectations that we set and if our expectations are that low that's how they are going to perform, and that's sad," said Ward.

Despite the outcome of this situation, Ward said the squad is an incredibly talented group with a few members who made stupid choices.

"This is an amazing group of girls with a talent level like I've never seen in a varsity cheerleading squad," said Ward. [The photograph] "was just a very stupid choice to make."

Ward quit her jobs as a teaching intern and as cheerleading sponsor for the high school. Nearly two dozen parents drafted a letter supporing Ward and said there has been a three-year history of cheerleading sponsors being run-over by the school along with a perpetual cycle of bad behavior by the squad.