Made these girls feel humiliated : Parents voice anger over female students altered yearbook photos at Florida high school yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
My daughter has been hospitalized twice this school year due to the stress and pressure this past year has brought upon her, including body image issues, which she is still seeking regular treatment for, Bartlett said in an email to St. Augustine Record, which is part of the USA TODAY Network. And now, the school has made a decision that is now drawing attention to her body in a negative way.
80 photos edited at Bartram Trail
According to Christina Langston, school district spokeswoman, the school s yearbook coordinator, Anne Irwin, who is a teacher, decided that the photos were out of dress code and did some of the editing.
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Some students who just received their yearbook at a Florida high school were not too happy with their image. But this wasn t just a case of a bad hair day or not liking the angle of their photo. It turns out, Bartram Trail High School edited the images of dozens of students - all females. And the reason for the digital altering? To make the girls appear more modest.
Parents and students complained about the editing, which was done without their knowledge, and the students say it was unnecessary and unfair.
The photos were edited to cover parts of the students chest and shoulders, and students like freshman
It's the end of the school year, which means it's also yearbook time. At one Florida high school, however, this annual tradition was marred by an odd find when the $100.
Florida high school issues refunds after yearbook edited 80 female student photos to be more modest
By Peter Aitken
School yearbook edits: See the before and after photos
The school district in St. John’s County said the edits were because many of the students, all girls, didn t follow dress code guidelines, Action News Jax’s Ben Ryan reports.
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digitally altered dozens of female student photos to make them appear more modest, according to reports.
Bartram Trail High School near Jacksonville faced outrage when it came to light that the yearbook coordinator had edited approximately 80 student photos without their knowledge or permission.