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Class photo called offensive
Topic Started: Apr 6 2012, 10:45 AM (93 Views)
Angel
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An elementary school class picture is causing quite a stir after the photographer Photoshopped a cartoon smiley face over a boy's head.

David Claussen, owner of Broward County Pictures, took the photo of the second grade class at Sawgrass Elementary school, but was notified afterward that two of the students hadn't signed consent forms and needed to be removed.

The local news reports:

"Claussen said he was able to use the photo editing software Adobe Photoshop to lift one of the kids out, but had explained to them that there was a problem with the second student. He was sitting in the front row, right in the middle ... He said he would have gladly come out there to reshoot the image. Instead there was talk about putting a star over his face and then, he said, the P.T.A. asked him to place a smiley face."

The news station could not locate the student or his parents for a comment, but was told the boy is no longer attending Sawgrass Elementary and may not even be aware of the picture's existence.

Parents at the school have had mixed responses to the altered photo, they ranged from feeling that the image is humiliating, to simply calling it "an oversight that has been corrected".

In an email to the local station, Sawgrass P.T.A. wrote:

"Broward Schools Photography covered the child's face using an inappropriate sticker. The PTA disagrees with how the photography company handled it and worked with the photographer to have the picture retaken this Thursday. Immediate action was taken on behalf of the PTA. We love and protect our children."

They said families who ordered the class photo will get a free copy of the new print.

Soooooooo... we have two stories. The photographer says the PTA told him to just put a sticker over the kid and PTA says they wanted to redo the photo cause the photography place put the sticker on. I'm not totally sure who to believe in this one.

Though I really don't remember signing a wavier for a school class photo, also wouldn't parents sign that and then wouldn't there be a list? This is just a fail in general. Also... why wouldn't the kid know this photo was taken? He was there.... This story is just weird on all accounts.
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Jayson

I am LOLing over this whole story. So weird when I was in second grade back in 1994ish we didn't have to sign consent forms. I am sure the only reason they have consent forms now is because so many people find something to complain about and end up making it a requirement. The only consent forms I ever needed in school was for sports or field trips.
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Angel
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I am at the same place as you. I don't get this crap, the whole situation is just weird.
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Mick
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Not only that, but how is the smiley offenisve in the first place? ITS A FUCKING SMILEY FACE.

Fuck it, another name added to everyone's favourite Harbinger's list.
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when I was first reading this, I thought that maybe the child was ugly or something and so the school covered his face. Naughty me lol.
But just because they didn't sign consent forms, surely the only people that will see the picture will be the parents of the children in the photo, surely the school don't send the photo out anybody.
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