A tradition at the end of the school year that many students look forward to is the yearbook. The book where all the photos of all the students are included. A nice memory for everyone.
Except for one student at a school in New Jersey. Claudia DeFabio shared on Facebook how her sister Glenda was “deliberately” left out of the yearbook.
“All the teachers and students of the entire school were listed in the yearbook, except Glenda,” she wrote.
“Everyone from the school was listed, except her”
Claudia wrote that her mother wanted to go to the press with her story about her daughter with disabilities, but she never received a warning about the yearbook.
“Imagine how my mother must have felt when she had to explain to my sister why she wasn’t in the yearbook. And she couldn’t understand how she was being kept out of the yearbook because she was different from her classmates.”
Claudia said she shared the unforgivable act on Facebook because students like her sister are not heard and are afraid to stand up for themselves.
Within a few hours, her post already had thousands of comments and was shared a lot. Her family received some apologies from some teachers, who were also planning to make a second yearbook that would include Glenda.
“We are investigating what happened and will check if Glenda was deliberately not listed. We will do this carefully to prevent such things from happening again in the future,” said principal Elizabeth Jewett in a press release. Reported by News 12 New Jersey.
“Since the 2500 students and teachers didn’t get the chance to see Glenda’s yearbook photo, thankfully there’s still the internet.”
Congratulations, Glenda! It’s absolutely chilling what the school has done to ignore you in the yearbook. But fortunately, you have a brave sister who is there for you!
Hopefully, this serves as a lesson for many other schools.
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