![]() O’Keefe said that as far as she knew, none of the boys had been disciplined.Īfter the March incident, which students have described as a “sweep,” O’Keefe started an online petition to change the dress code. One boy wore swim shorts over his pants and a bright pink wig, O’Keefe said. The next day, some of the boys protested in solidarity with the girls by wearing dresses and skirts. The girl also described what happened to News4Jax. The girl was ordered to remove the jacket and wear a white T-shirt that school officials gave her, O’Keefe said. One male teacher called out at a student who wore a zip-up jacket over a sports bra, said Riley O’Keefe, who said she had spoken to the girl. In March, students were outraged when administrators at the high school stood in the hallway and called out dozens of girls or took them out of class for violating the dress code. “They’re all good students, and we’re going to focus on whether you have too much shoulder showing?” Taryn O’Keefe said. Shirts “must be modest and not revealing or distracting,” the dress code states. O’Keefe’s mother, Stephanie Fabre, and stepmother, Taryn O’Keefe, said they planned to attend a school board meeting to call for changes to the dress code, which forbids girls to wear tops or shirts that do not cover “the entire shoulder” or from wearing shorts or skirts that are more than 4 inches above the knee. She said the school was offering refunds and “receiving feedback from parents/guardians/students on making this process better for next year.” “Bartram Trail High School’s previous procedure was to not include student pictures in the yearbook that they deemed in violation of the student code of conduct, so the digital alterations were a solution to make sure all students were included in the yearbook,” Langston told The Record. Augustine Record that a teacher who serves as the yearbook coordinator had made the edits. Johns County School District Student Code of Conduct or may be digitally adjusted.”Ĭhristina Langston, a district spokeswoman, told The St. ![]() ![]() An online petition started after the incident collected over 4,000 signatures from community members demanding change.Īccording to district figures seen by News4Jax, student dress code violations have surged in the latest school year, and 78% of the violations are given to female students.School administrators and district officials did not respond to requests for comment Saturday.īartram Trail, a public high school with about 2,500 students, says on its website that yearbook photos “must be consistent with the St. News4Jax reports that the school previously came under fire a couple of months ago after teen girls were taken out of class, sent to the dean’s office, and told to change clothes or face suspension. “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 they looked at our body and thought just a little bit of skin showing is sexual,” O’Keefe tells Action News Jax. Augustine Record)įor some students, the controversy now is about much more than a single yearbook photo. The school is receiving feedback from parents/guardians/students on making this process better for next year.īartram Trail High School Yearbook (via The St. At this point the school is offering refunds to any parents calling about this issue. ![]() The school district has since released the following statement to media outlets:īartram Trail High School’s previous procedure was to not include student pictures in the yearbook that they deemed in violation of the student code of conduct, so the digital alterations were a solution to make sure all students were included in the yearbook. Some students say the edits made them feel sexualized, exposed, and ashamed, the Times reports. They are now demanding an apology from the school and a reprint of the yearbook without alterations. Bartram Trail High School Yearbook (via Ben Ryan / Action News Jax)Īfter the initial shock and amusement, both students and parents became furious at the edits that were done without their consent. Augustine Record reports that a teacher who serves as the yearbook’s coordinator was the one that decided that the photos broke the dress code and that she did some of the editing herself. Johns County School District Student Code of Conduct or may be digitally adjusted.” The public high school’s website states that yearbook photos “must be consistent with the St.
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