
The school said they will refund the cost of the yearbook to parents who complain about the issue. Several students discovered their yearbook photos had been altered when they picked up their yearbooks. "All the messages I get about people being thankful for me speaking out are worth it, and I'd do it a million times." Officials at Bartram Trail High School in St.
#Year book photos altered code
"The dress code and sexualization of young girls' bodies has been happening for a long time," she said. O'Keefe said no matter people say, she'll continue to advocate for herself and others. "If parents aren't teaching at home how daughters should dress and dress decently, then the school has to parent," said Rachel D'aquin. Reporter Ben Ryan from Action News Jax has investigated the controversy surrounding digitally altered yearbook photos of girl students at Bartram Trail High. Detective Senior Sergeant Ciaran Sloan said the 56-year. I was disgusted."īut one mother of a tenth-grade daughter at the school said she's in favor of the dress code and the edits. A man has been arrested after he allegedly altered stolen images of teenage girls to be sexually explicit and posted them to adult websites. "You're not only affecting their photo - it's not just for protecting them - you're making them uncomfortable and feel like their bodies aren't acceptable in a yearbook," O'Keefe added.įellow ninth-grader Zoe Iannone remarked to WJAX that, "They opened up the yearbook, saw pictures and that was the first thing they worried about. "But then 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."
#Year book photos altered skin
"The double standard in the yearbook is more so that they looked at our body and thought just a little bit of skin showing was sexual," O'Keefe said. Ninth-grader Riley O'Keefe said the situation has grown much bigger than yearbook photos. f8MjkZMDOwĮmbarrassed, ashamed and sexualized were the most common terms students used when describing how they felt. Parents and students are now asking for a major change. This is a before and after yearbook photo taken of Bartram Trail 9th grade high school student, Riley O’Keefe.She says it was deemed inappropriate by the school and photoshopped in the printed edition. Before-and-after photos of several of the girls showed the clear edits, WJAX said.
