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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 Jaxreports that it was, sadly, a female yearbook teacher who made this controversial decision.
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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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What do you think ?
Jane S. 4 years ago
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.
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
The stinky level's off the charts again. ultra-cros...fbebeb.jpg 
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
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?
Gabi 4 years ago (edited)
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?
Logic and Reason 4 years ago
It was Florida. Florida’s a pretty awful state and representation of the country.
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Carol Emory 4 years ago (edited)
The parent that tells her daughter to cover up her cleavage needs to realize that the problem is not with what her daughter wears, but with the people that are staring at her cleavage in the first place. It is not her fault that other people can't look at someone and compliment them on their appearance without sexualizing it. As far as these 80 photos, I saw nothing wrong. I work in the financial field (accounting) and office co-workers wear exactly what these girl wore for their pictures. They were dressed professionally. Anyone that thinks their attire was slutty need to examine their own mental health issues and stop policing what other people wear.
KatHat 4 years ago
Guns are fine in school! We need more guns in school! But not the faintest hint of breast; edit it out. Bodies are terrible guns are great FLORIDA.
Xylle Flora 4 years ago
This is actually the first time I've heard of this happening here and I live in Florida.
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Ray Martin 4 years ago
This is disgusting. Whoever was behind this act needs to be dismissed and never allowed to work with or near children again. This kind of misogyny and sexual discrimination bullshit needs to end!
Laura Dawson 4 years ago
Let me just apologise for my anatomy! They are breasts. Like I have two arms, two legs, two eyes & I have two breasts. It’s a body part. The only people making it an issue are adults that find themselves aroused at children’s breasts & blaming the girls for something they exist with. I’m sick of seeing girls getting pulled out of school because a man can see their shape & it makes them have sick thoughts. Maybe question the adults looking at underage girls breasts instead of the kids.
Maryjane Alice 4 years ago
Asides from the bizarre nature of this story, the editing of the photos are horrible, especially the girl in the light purple top.
qwerty 4 years ago
I know. I could do a better job and I have 0 photoshop experience.
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Uber Mensch 4 years ago
Per the dress code (for girls): tops and shirts must be "modest". Who decides? What _objective_ reference is there? I call BS.
Honu 4 years ago
I noticed that kind of vague language in a few places, like "extreme" hair styles and general references to concepts like "vulgar" or "revealing". The thing about hair being "well combed or brushed" also got me because that seems like some bigot could easily interpret that as a ban on some natural black hair styles. At minimum, it displays a lack of thoughtfulness. If an institution is going to make policies like this, they have to be very specific and minimize interpretation, otherwise they're likely to cause uneven/unfair enforcement and be subject to people's prejudices.
Load More Replies... Jane S. 4 years ago
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.
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
The stinky level's off the charts again. ultra-cros...fbebeb.jpg
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
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?
Gabi 4 years ago (edited)
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?
Logic and Reason 4 years ago
It was Florida. Florida’s a pretty awful state and representation of the country.
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 4 years ago (edited)
The parent that tells her daughter to cover up her cleavage needs to realize that the problem is not with what her daughter wears, but with the people that are staring at her cleavage in the first place. It is not her fault that other people can't look at someone and compliment them on their appearance without sexualizing it. As far as these 80 photos, I saw nothing wrong. I work in the financial field (accounting) and office co-workers wear exactly what these girl wore for their pictures. They were dressed professionally. Anyone that thinks their attire was slutty need to examine their own mental health issues and stop policing what other people wear.
KatHat 4 years ago
Guns are fine in school! We need more guns in school! But not the faintest hint of breast; edit it out. Bodies are terrible guns are great FLORIDA.
Xylle Flora 4 years ago
This is actually the first time I've heard of this happening here and I live in Florida.
Load More Replies... Ray Martin 4 years ago
This is disgusting. Whoever was behind this act needs to be dismissed and never allowed to work with or near children again. This kind of misogyny and sexual discrimination bullshit needs to end!
Laura Dawson 4 years ago
Let me just apologise for my anatomy! They are breasts. Like I have two arms, two legs, two eyes & I have two breasts. It’s a body part. The only people making it an issue are adults that find themselves aroused at children’s breasts & blaming the girls for something they exist with. I’m sick of seeing girls getting pulled out of school because a man can see their shape & it makes them have sick thoughts. Maybe question the adults looking at underage girls breasts instead of the kids.
Maryjane Alice 4 years ago
Asides from the bizarre nature of this story, the editing of the photos are horrible, especially the girl in the light purple top.
qwerty 4 years ago
I know. I could do a better job and I have 0 photoshop experience.
Load More Replies... Uber Mensch 4 years ago
Per the dress code (for girls): tops and shirts must be "modest". Who decides? What _objective_ reference is there? I call BS.
Honu 4 years ago
I noticed that kind of vague language in a few places, like "extreme" hair styles and general references to concepts like "vulgar" or "revealing". The thing about hair being "well combed or brushed" also got me because that seems like some bigot could easily interpret that as a ban on some natural black hair styles. At minimum, it displays a lack of thoughtfulness. If an institution is going to make policies like this, they have to be very specific and minimize interpretation, otherwise they're likely to cause uneven/unfair enforcement and be subject to people's prejudices.
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