Boy, 16, edited out of school photo for wearing different colour tie
An angry mum has told how her 16-year-old son was photoshopped out of a school photo because he was wearing a different colour tie.
Fynn Hulley, a pupil at Budehaven Community School, was edited out of the group photo and his family found out when they bought a £22 copy, reported CornwallLive.
His mum Candi Hulley said: "Fynn decided he was going to wear a different tie and thought he got away with it because nobody said anything. It was just a purple tie. He often goes to school with different ties or waistcoats, it's his way of having fun and having a laugh.
"We ordered the photo only to find he wasn't in it. We contacted the school and the head of year said he didn't know anything about it and that it may have been the photography company who made the decision but we contacted them and they said there's no way they'd have made that decision."
Candi claims she went back to the school and was finally told that pupils were instructed to wear correct uniform that day or they wouldn't be in the photo.
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Fynn had worn the wrong colour tie (Candi Hulley)She added: "It's really disappointing. They edited him out but didn't tell us. They let us buy the photo for £22 and find out then. Fynn and his friends are upset that he isn't in the photo sent out and the person who edited the photo has moved a boy from the bottom row into his place.
"Fynn is devastated he isn't in the picture. These pictures are put up in the school. Fynn's older brother is there but he isn't. Fynn was hoping to do A levels at Budehaven's sixth form but we are concerned at how they have treated him now. The closest college is an hour away which is going to greatly impact his plans."
Candi has since been given an original of the photo with Fynn in it but he is missing from all the others already sent out.
In a letter to Candi, headteacher Dominic Wilkes said that Fynn had taken the decision to change his tie deliberately prior to the photo being taken.
The letter reportedly reads: "The photographer being at the other end of the sports hall hadn't noticed this had happened and only when staff had been alerted by other pupils telling them that this had happened, after the photograph had been taken, and after pupils left the structure upon which they had been stood for the photo, were staff made aware.
"At this point I was asked by Tempest (photography company) staff what they should do; as this is not my area of expertise I asked them what they could do. They were aware that we had informed all pupils that if their uniform was incorrect they would not be able to take part in the school photograph, and they (Tempest) said they could use Photoshop to edit it accordingly.
"I entrusted them to do this and they said they would take responsibility for this as this does happen on occasions in many schools in which they operate.
"The school photograph is displayed in the school foyer alongside previous year's photographs. All other pupils and their parents and carers were made aware that they must wear full school uniform. The uniform is a symbol of our school community in which we take pride. It would be wrong to allow all pupils to customise their uniform in this situation."
The Mirror has contacted Budehaven Community School for comment.
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