Parents and students are demanding answers after the yearbook of Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns County, Florida, came out riddled with alterations blatantly, and in many cases clumsily, adding swaths of fabric to ninth-grade girls’ chests and shoulders. In all, 80 photos were edited.
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A Florida high school is facing backlash for altering the yearbook photos of 80 female students to add clothing to their chests and shoulders.
The school district told local media the changes were made to ensure the photos met the dress code, which says girls shirts must be modest .
But critics pointed to yearbook photos of male students left unedited despite violating the same standards.
The digital alterations were made without permission, the students say.
Bartram Trail High School s yearbook co-ordinator - a female teacher - made the decision to edit the photos after determining they had violated the dress code, the St Johns County school district said.
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