High School Photoshops Out All Traces Of Cleavage In The Yearbook Pics Of 80 Girls And Parents Are Not Happy
Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns County, Florida has come under the media spotlight for all the wrong reasons. It turns out, the prudish school has put a weird editing twist on its students’ yearbook photos and covered up all traces of girls’ cleavage.
The news about photoshopped photos, all of which featured girls, broke after a reporter, Ben Ryan of Action News Jax, shared his investigation of the matter on Twitter. According to the school district, girls’ yearbook photos must follow dress code guidelines and they deemed the 80 pictures inappropriate. Meanwhile, the boys’ pictures from the swim team and other sports photos were left unedited.
So let’s read Ben Ryan’s viral thread about searching for answers on how this high school made a decision that girls’ cleavage “violated student code of conduct.” Action News Jax reports that it was, sadly, a female yearbook teacher who made this controversial decision.
Reporter Ben Ryan ran an investigation on a high school in Florida that edited the cleavage out of 80 girls’ photos in its yearbook album
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Reporter Ben Ryan from Action News Jax has investigated the controversy surrounding digitally altered yearbook photos of girl students at Bartram Trail High School. In his story for Action News Jax, Ben reported that while no officials have spoken up about the controversy, the ninth-grade students are asking for apologies after being left in shock.
So he shared his findings on the school’s controversial decision in this Twitter thread
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One student, Riley O’Keefe, told Action News Jax that the worst part of this weird photoshop stunt was obvious double standards for photos of girls and boys. “The double standard in the yearbook is more so they looked at our body and thought just a little bit of skin showing is sexual. They looked at the boys, for the swim team photos and other sports photos and thought that was fine, and that’s really upsetting and uncomfortable.”
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Ben also looked into the school’s dress code guidelines that were allegedly ‘violated’
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Another student, Zoe Iannone, whose photo has also been altered to remove cleavage, commented: “I don’t know who is on the staff. I don’t know if it’s male or female, either way, it’s still not okay. They open up the yearbook, saw pictures and that was the first thing they worried about. It was unfair and I was horrified, I was disgusted.”
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Action News Jax also shared an official statement regarding the controversy where the school district stated:
“Bartram Trail High School’s previous procedure was to not include student pictures in the yearbook that they deemed in violation of the student code of conduct, so the digital alterations were a solution to make sure all students were included in the yearbook. At this point the school is offering refunds to any parents calling about this issue. The school is receiving feedback from parents/guardians/students on making this process better for next year.”
And this is what others had to comment in relation to this controversial case
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Imagine what kind of person would make it their job to stare at a teenagers breasts to decide if it makes them horny or not. Now imagine that person works at a school and has physical access to these children. Big yikes.
The stinky level's off the charts again. ultra-cros...fbebeb.jpg
How does Lisa Simpson dress??
Jane S, persons like that are everywhere!!! So dress your child accordingly. It doesn't mean that more conservative clothes can't be chic.
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Hence dressing the teen appropriately
I can't understand the people saying they'd be "thankful" for this editing. Boobs happen. None of this is in any way immodest. Do you want teenagers relegated to only wearing turtlenecks?
Wait... girls have boobs? When did this start?
Nowadays, when eating "meat" fed with growth hormones pretty early.
178 million years ago. Then they unionized in the 1920s-1960s.
Boobs happen to girls. And they'd like to have only boys as students. Everything that could be remotelly female must be censured.
There shouldn't be a need to censure anything. There are clothes for office of school; for recreation - beach, gym, etc....... not that hard to understand, Miss.
No. they want girls in burqas. And I went to Catholic school and we didn't deal with this crap.... in the 1980s.
I was a bit taken aback at how much support the bad photoshopping received tbh :( it wasn't "not up to dress code" on any other day, they didn't apparently inspect that everyone was up to code for photos it seems, no one had a problem til the time came for the printing/yearbook (I'm guessing this coz of the unedited proofs)
Why not?
That might cause even more raucous from the school for wearing something that's showing the shape of their bodies, since turtlenecks are fitting.
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None of these teens pics were modified in looking like they wore turtlenecks. So quit being over sarcastic. Women want their cake with frosting and eat too. This is real life and not some fairytale. S**t happens
So, if I understand this right, then the fact that female students have visible boob curves, is an issue and has to be edited and.photoshopped and whatnot. Meanwhile, it is totally normal an acceptable to have "shooter training" in case if someone decides to go on a murder spree by chance. How f****d up are you, US?
It was Florida. Florida’s a pretty awful state and representation of the country.
I'm a Floridian... I completely agree that this is wrong as f*ck but you shouldn't assume everyone in Florida is horrible just because the internet only shows our bad side. Although I agree that Florida has the largest number of horrible people relative to the total population, there is quite a bit of good here.
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It's not wrong as "f*ck" to ask students to dress conservatively for school, Emo.
Excuse me? They are ALL dressing appropriately, wearing a top and cardigan. What do you mean by dressing "conservatively"?
It's a good thing it'll be under water and cease to exist in 20 years or so.
I agree Logic; nothing to do with modesty though.
2 things I am sick of: the big concern about "boys being distracted" and everyone disparaging Florida. We have the "Sunshine Law", which makes all government actions public, including arrest reports. Unfortunately, because of this law, every crazy nut that gets arrested or makes the news makes the rest of us look bad. @Logic and Reason, have you ever lived in Florida? I've lived in Fort Lauderdale for my entire 55-year existence. Florida is not an awful state.
I already heard about this, and it turns out that, in the same yearbook, there were pics of the boys' swim team, in swimsuits. Were they subjected to this stupid editing? No, they weren't. This is a horrible double standard.
F*cked up enough that people call each other the enemy over such deep and abiding issues as.... necklines.
I want to laugh and cry at the same time
Yeah, we in the U.S can be bad, but Florida is probably among to worst
Unfortunately a lot
Very f****d up.
Very; very f****d up
Beyond repair...
Cover up those boobs, Gabi when you go to school!!!
You're so f*****g creepy. You don't have to look at teenagers, their boobs and get aroused. That's a you problem.
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Obviously you don't understand it. Why would you want a teenager to show boobs or shoulders in school. What is the purpose? No one says wear a turtleneck either. Tight clothing is another issue or lack of clothing. Most girls with make-up and the clothing they wear look like mini hookers tempting males to look and gawk at them. Then they cry when something happens to them because boys/men temptations got the better of them. Now you have two lives ruined. A boy/man went to jail or at least sexual predator order. And a girl who got raped or at very least a bad part to remember in her life. For what?
@backatya: Dude, you are one sick f***. You men/boys need to accept the fact that women are not here solely for your amusement. Control yourself and keep your d**k in your pants unless the woman says yes. That's all you need to do. You write like a misogynist, a fundamentalist Muslim, or an incel, i.e., "Most girls with make-up...look like mini hookers tempting" the poor, defenseless males to look at them. Here's a clue: girls usually dress for each other, fashion-wise, not boys. TL/DR: @backatya: seriously f**k you.
Even if a girl would walk around naked you should not touch her without consent.
Imagine what kind of person would make it their job to stare at a teenagers breasts to decide if it makes them horny or not. Now imagine that person works at a school and has physical access to these children. Big yikes.
The stinky level's off the charts again. ultra-cros...fbebeb.jpg
How does Lisa Simpson dress??
Jane S, persons like that are everywhere!!! So dress your child accordingly. It doesn't mean that more conservative clothes can't be chic.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Hence dressing the teen appropriately
I can't understand the people saying they'd be "thankful" for this editing. Boobs happen. None of this is in any way immodest. Do you want teenagers relegated to only wearing turtlenecks?
Wait... girls have boobs? When did this start?
Nowadays, when eating "meat" fed with growth hormones pretty early.
178 million years ago. Then they unionized in the 1920s-1960s.
Boobs happen to girls. And they'd like to have only boys as students. Everything that could be remotelly female must be censured.
There shouldn't be a need to censure anything. There are clothes for office of school; for recreation - beach, gym, etc....... not that hard to understand, Miss.
No. they want girls in burqas. And I went to Catholic school and we didn't deal with this crap.... in the 1980s.
I was a bit taken aback at how much support the bad photoshopping received tbh :( it wasn't "not up to dress code" on any other day, they didn't apparently inspect that everyone was up to code for photos it seems, no one had a problem til the time came for the printing/yearbook (I'm guessing this coz of the unedited proofs)
Why not?
That might cause even more raucous from the school for wearing something that's showing the shape of their bodies, since turtlenecks are fitting.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
None of these teens pics were modified in looking like they wore turtlenecks. So quit being over sarcastic. Women want their cake with frosting and eat too. This is real life and not some fairytale. S**t happens
So, if I understand this right, then the fact that female students have visible boob curves, is an issue and has to be edited and.photoshopped and whatnot. Meanwhile, it is totally normal an acceptable to have "shooter training" in case if someone decides to go on a murder spree by chance. How f****d up are you, US?
It was Florida. Florida’s a pretty awful state and representation of the country.
I'm a Floridian... I completely agree that this is wrong as f*ck but you shouldn't assume everyone in Florida is horrible just because the internet only shows our bad side. Although I agree that Florida has the largest number of horrible people relative to the total population, there is quite a bit of good here.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
It's not wrong as "f*ck" to ask students to dress conservatively for school, Emo.
Excuse me? They are ALL dressing appropriately, wearing a top and cardigan. What do you mean by dressing "conservatively"?
It's a good thing it'll be under water and cease to exist in 20 years or so.
I agree Logic; nothing to do with modesty though.
2 things I am sick of: the big concern about "boys being distracted" and everyone disparaging Florida. We have the "Sunshine Law", which makes all government actions public, including arrest reports. Unfortunately, because of this law, every crazy nut that gets arrested or makes the news makes the rest of us look bad. @Logic and Reason, have you ever lived in Florida? I've lived in Fort Lauderdale for my entire 55-year existence. Florida is not an awful state.
I already heard about this, and it turns out that, in the same yearbook, there were pics of the boys' swim team, in swimsuits. Were they subjected to this stupid editing? No, they weren't. This is a horrible double standard.
F*cked up enough that people call each other the enemy over such deep and abiding issues as.... necklines.
I want to laugh and cry at the same time
Yeah, we in the U.S can be bad, but Florida is probably among to worst
Unfortunately a lot
Very f****d up.
Very; very f****d up
Beyond repair...
Cover up those boobs, Gabi when you go to school!!!
You're so f*****g creepy. You don't have to look at teenagers, their boobs and get aroused. That's a you problem.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Obviously you don't understand it. Why would you want a teenager to show boobs or shoulders in school. What is the purpose? No one says wear a turtleneck either. Tight clothing is another issue or lack of clothing. Most girls with make-up and the clothing they wear look like mini hookers tempting males to look and gawk at them. Then they cry when something happens to them because boys/men temptations got the better of them. Now you have two lives ruined. A boy/man went to jail or at least sexual predator order. And a girl who got raped or at very least a bad part to remember in her life. For what?
@backatya: Dude, you are one sick f***. You men/boys need to accept the fact that women are not here solely for your amusement. Control yourself and keep your d**k in your pants unless the woman says yes. That's all you need to do. You write like a misogynist, a fundamentalist Muslim, or an incel, i.e., "Most girls with make-up...look like mini hookers tempting" the poor, defenseless males to look at them. Here's a clue: girls usually dress for each other, fashion-wise, not boys. TL/DR: @backatya: seriously f**k you.
Even if a girl would walk around naked you should not touch her without consent.