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#NEW: The school district confirmed with me 80 yearbook pictures were edited, all of them were girls.
I’ve requested interviews with the superintendent, principal, the person who did the edits, made the final decision and the yearbook committee.
Here’s what I was told:pic.twitter.com/1cYY4o4mHt
A reminder: the school said yearbook photos must follow dress code guidelines. Both parents & students say they followed it and didn’t get dress code violations when wearing the same outfits before. One mom told me her daughter wore it “like 50 times and never got in trouble.”pic.twitter.com/J20BAkQ7VG
80 yearbook pictures edited.
80 girls.
Students say they didn’t receive a dress code violation for wearing the same outfits on other days and tell me the double standard needs to be left in the past.
We won’t stop until we get answers.
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#NEW: Embarrassed, ashamed and sexualized is how female students described the way they feel.
So far, no one connected to the school has spoken up, while the 9th grade students are speaking out for change.
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Parents and students say after seeing many other pictures in the yearbook unedited, they want consistency with the dress code. The 80 girls pictures were deemed inappropriate by a school employee, saying they were in violation of student code of conduct.https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/investigates/parents-bartram-trail-high-school-asking-apologies-after-seeing-their-childrens-yearbook-photos-digitally-altered/PEC5HY3PLRCSFANPYT6SVAJX6E/?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true …
#NEW: The female teacher in charge of the yearbook club made the decision to edit the photos on her own.
No pressure from “above.”
A district spokesperson says edits were made by her and the help of one or two students.
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#NEW: The district spokesperson also says edits have been made in the past.
Parents are telling me they’ve never noticed anything like this before and say if edits have been done, it wasn’t to this extreme.
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#NEW: Just did an interview with @SJCSD superintendent.
He said, “It was never the intent to embarrass or harm any of those students. It was something that was done independently and we need to make sure it’s not done in that manner moving forward.”
More at 5 on @ActionNewsJax.pic.twitter.com/miEFDUHlef
#NEW: @SJCSD Superintendent Tim Forson explains why only girls photos were edited.
Parents and students believe this is an extension to the dress code problem; saying it’s inconsistent and is lenient to boys while targeting girls.
Story next at 6 on @ActionNewsJax.pic.twitter.com/6IhIOtJpMc
#NEW: After days with no response, @SJCSD Superintendent Tim Forson agreed to speak with me today.
He said changes will be made so this doesn’t happen again, but parents and students say the bigger problem still needs to be addressed.
@ActionNewsJax #YearbookControversypic.twitter.com/11LZAUpmjK
#ICYMI: “It was never the intent to embarrass or harm any of those students:” St. Johns County superintendent speaks out after 80 girls’ yearbook photos edited
FULL STORY: 
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/it-was-never-intent-embarrass-or-harm-any-those-students-st-johns-county-superintendent-speaks-out-after-80-girls-yearbook-photos-edited/EIKYUJN73BBHZIQXJZNDQ2I3JU/ …
This thread is crazy long, thank you all for following so closely. Considering the length, I started a new one.
Today, the @SJCSD school board workshop is discussing the updated recommendations to the dress code.
Follow along in the thread below:
@ActionNewsJaxhttps://twitter.com/BenRyanANJax/status/1397190632070959109 …
#NEW: @SJCSD confirms with me only 5 edits were made in the 2020 yearbook.
GIRLS: 4
BOYS: 1
80 edits were made this year, all to girls.
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#NEW: Yearbook edits in the past
2021: 80 pictures edited, all girls.
2020: 5 edits, 4 girls and 1 boy.
@SJCSD said a female teacher at the school deemed them inappropriate & not in compliance with the dress code; saying “she did what she thought was right.”
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Folks, I’m off these next two days. When I learn new information, I’ll post in this thread and keep you all updated.
#NEW: Bartram Trail HS is offering to reprint yearbooks, unedited.
Too many characters for Twitter, so I wrote it all in my notes.
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