The school said they will refund the cost of the yearbook to parents who complain about the issue. "All the messages I get about people being thankful for me speaking out are worth it, and I'd do it a million times." "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. 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. / 3:05 PM / CBS Miami JOHNS COUNTY (CBSMiami/CNN) A North Florida high school is under fire for digitally altering the yearbook photos of more than 80 girls in order to cover up. Last week a 9th grade student named Riley O’Keefe saw her photo in the Bartram Trail High School yearbook and was shocked. Johns had their yearbook photos altered without their permission. Necklines were raised up, sleeves were added. CBS Jacksonville affiliate WJAX reports 80 students all female at Bartram Trail High School in St. "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. A Utah high school is in hot water after female students noticed that their yearbook photos were altered and edited, mostly to cover up exposed skin. "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." "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. O’Keefe, 15, opened the page to her photo and laughed in disbelief. Parents and students are now asking for a major change. Yearbook Photos of Girls Were Altered to Hide Their Chests Posted on There had been rumors all day that the yearbook photos had been altered, said Riley O’Keefe, a ninth grader at Bartram Trail High School in St. 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. CBS Jacksonville affiliate WJAX reports 80 students all female at Bartram Trail High School in St. CBSNews May 24, 2021, 4:08 AM2 min read Controversy surrounds the digital alteration of photos in a northeast Florida high school's yearbook to cover up some skin exposed in the original photos. Before-and-after photos of several of the girls showed the clear edits, WJAX said.
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