Parents' fury after school edits daughters' cleavage from yearbook
<p>A Florida high school has been blasted by parents for editing the yearbook photos of 80 schoolgirls to cover their chests - despite them wearing permissible clothes.</p>
<p>The badly airbrushed photos from Bartram Trail High School's yearbook caused outrage among parents who questioned officials' apparent over-sensitivity.</p>
<p>The school thought the girl's outfit to be "inappropriate" and took it upon themselves to edit the photos, said a board spokesman.</p>
<p>Now some parents are demanding an apology, according to Action News Jax.</p>
<p>“Our daughters of Bartram deserve an apology,” one mum said. “They are making them feel embarrassed about who they are.”</p>
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<p>The school edited the yearbook pictures of the girls but left pictures featuring boys wearing Speedos unedited.</p>
<p>Riley O'Keefe, a ninth-grader whose picture was digitally altered int he yearbook to make her outfit more conservative, said that the school's action made girls feel uncomfortable.</p>
<p>“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 told Action News Jax.</p>
<p>The school approved O'Keefe's outfit before taking her yearbook photo and confirmed that her clothes complied with the school's dress code, but still edited her picture.</p>
<p>Other parents are also dealing with the same issue as they criticised the school’s dress code policies, according to Action News Jax.</p>
<p>“I felt confident that day and I looked good, in dress code,” nineth grader Zoe Iannone told Action News Jax.</p>
<p>“When I sent it to my mom and all of us saw it, I felt very sexualised, like that was what they were worrying about,” she added.</p>
<p>The school said it will refund the students’ money if parents are not pleased with the yearbook.</p>
