High School Yearbook Photos Digitally Altered

My DD would die of embarassment. Sorry, not everyone thinks like you. I'd definitely take it up with the school, but I wouldn't want a viral campagin. Hell no. 

Keeping shit quiet is why it keeps happening.

I rage-wrote an academic article several years ago about school dress codes. One of the things that really struck me, in reading I don't know how many interviews with girls (always girls, except for a teeny-tiny handful of boys with long hair in southern schools) was how incredibly uncomfortable and unsafe it made them feel when adults -- particularly male adults, but adults in general -- made them feel like they were scrutinizing their bodies, and how violated it made them feel.

I'd be hopping mad.

This article just popped up on FB, check out the girl in the plaid flannel....that poor girl 😢. Also if you want the video they show a pic at a swim meet....2 boys in speedos. How was that acceptable?!?!

www.wtol.com/mobile/article/news/local/bartram-trail-high-school-yearbook-photo-altered-without-permission/77-27b66548-ec5b-425d-8bc5-212ff6cd902f

Holy crap. My 10 year old can do a better job of photoshopping than that! I would absolutely demand that the yearbooks be reprinted with the unaltered photos because those photos look horrible. Those poor girls! I’d be livid if I was one of the kids or the parents who paid good money for that trash.

I generally didn't get outraged with policy things like dress code or other "it's not fair because they're never enforced across the board" complaints when my kids were in high school. I usually just told them "life's not fair, might as well get used to it now", because they were never big issues.

THIS would be a big issue. HUGE. There was nothing inappropriate or even mildly suggestive about the way those girls were dressed. I wouldn't have given it a second thought for my daughter to have worn a tank with a flannel or a hoodie or something over it at that age.

It's a good thing that they didn't take full length pictures when I was in high school in the late 80's & early 90's. That "teacher" would have a stroke adding covering to all the denim mini skirts going on. We were showing knees and probably a little more thigh than necessary.

I'm the biggest prude I know. I never ever intentionally reveal any cleavage at all.

These photos (the unaltered ones) would never register as inappropriate to me.

The school was way out of line. I think they need to reprint and redistribute the entire year book unedited, at their expense.

That is one of the most horrible stories that I have ever heard. What the hell is wrong with people?

Ugh TPTB in that school want tradition to live on forever. I'm glad that our seniors can just do whatever Senior picture they want. They aren't allowed Senior quotes, though. There was a high school not far away from us that said"no props" in Senior photos, and some girl took it to the news that she needed a pity party because they wouldn't accept the picture of her wrapped in the flag 🙄

Quotes are messed up. That is not my quote. I responded to that quote.

They can wear these clothes to school, but not be photographed?! So dumb. And there’s no wrong with the way they are dressed.

I just saw this on my local news FB page. It’s starting to get around.

Parents will be refunded for the yearbook.

www.foxnews.com/us/florida-high-school-refunds-yearbook-edited-female-photos?
The school will issue a refund, but parents must turn in the yearbook to receive one, reports said.

And I hope the person who made that decision is removed from teaching. Because if they made such an incredibly poor decision for over 60 (!!!!) young women, what other things are they going to do.

I agree that there should be some sort of dress code (no foul language on t-shirts kind of thing), but this is just insane.

according to the dress code (which they showed in a related video, referenced in that article), GIRLS are the ONLY ones who can't wear anything DISTRACTING.  That line wasn't listed under the boys' section. That right there shows the sexism of it. They can't mean anything by 'distracting' other than 'sexy-distracting' if it's only in the girls' section! I mean, if someone was wearing a fluorescent orange tee-shirt to class, that would be distracting (and headache inducing) to me, but if it was a boy, according to the dress code, that would be A-OK, according to that dress code.  Oh, and girls, make sure not to wear too much makeup (lest you be thought to be a tramp)!  I swear, it IS 1955 again.    

And since it's Florida, I'm guessing that they might allow shorts- but girls are the only ones who get their skirts measured. Nothing about measuring the height of shorts or that boys shorts must be longer than 4" below their knees.