A high school in Florida is giving families their money back should they decide to return their yearbooks due to a large number of photos being edited for modesty.
Bartram Trail High School in Florida edited the photos of 80 female students with black boxes when photos were deemed inappropriate. The photos appear to be edited for modesty.
News4Jax reporter Ben Ryan posted an example on his Twitter account, writing, "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."
O'Keefe told News4Jax, "There's a black box over my chest and the cardigan on the side like moved over and it looks really awkward and I was very confused."
O'Keefe's photo wasn't the only obvious edit, with other girls having their chest and shoulders covered in Photoshop.
In a statement to News4Jax, the district explained that they were advised to exclude student photos if the outfit violated the school's dress code, "so the digital alterations were a solution to make sure all students were included in the yearbook."
Each returned yearbook (sold for $100 each), would be refunded after parents and students complained about the photo edits to the school.
The gaffe, of course, points to a larger issue, indicated to young women that their developing bodies are something to be censored.
"I think it sends the message that our girls should be ashamed of their growing bodies, and I think that's a horrible message to send out to these young girls that are going through these changes," one parent explained to the St. Augustine Record.
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