School apologizes for stating falsely in yearbook Trump was not impeached

โ€˜Political inaccuraciesโ€™ in Arkansas junior high school yearbook included saying racial protests in US were โ€˜Black Lives Matter riotsโ€™ Yearbook included a photograph of the deadly 6 January insurrection in Washington DC captioned: โ€˜Trump supporters protest at the Capitol,โ€™ were โ€˜both biased and politicalโ€™. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters A school principal in Arkansas has apologized for โ€œpolitical inaccuraciesโ€ in a yearbook falsely stating that Donald Trump was not impeached and that last yearโ€™s racial protests in the US were โ€œBlack Lives Matter riotsโ€. Josh Thompson, principal of Bentonvilleโ€™s Lincoln junior high school, admitted that some of the contents of the yearbook, which also included a photograph of the deadly 6 January insurrection in Washington DC captioned: โ€œTrump supporters protest at the Capitol,โ€ were โ€œboth biased and politicalโ€. In a letter sent to students and parents, Thompson said the yearbook โ€œdoes not represent our values nor meet LJHS and Bentonville Schoolsโ€™ standards for quality and excellence.โ€ The letter did not address how the false statements and political opinions came to be published, but promised the school would โ€œevaluate its vetting process for all yearbook content to ensure future publications are of the highest qualityโ€. In many US schools, yearbooks are produced by students under the supervision of teachers, often during journalism classes. The Lincoln yearbook featured a photograph of an unidentified group next to an overturned car, with the caption: โ€œBlack Lives Matter riots Started in Minneapolis in may of 2020 [sic]โ€; and a separate photograph of the former president with his fists clenched and the caption: โ€œPresident Trump WAS NOT impeached.โ€ In reality, Trump was the first president to be impeached twice, in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, and again this year for inciting the Capitol insurrection. โ€œWe can and will do better to provide a quality yearbook to students that can be a cherished item as they reminisce about their time at [the] school,โ€ Thompson said, offering his โ€œdeepest apologiesโ€ and a refund to parents who had bought one. A spokesperson for the Bentonville school district declined to answer questions from the Guardian, stating that the principalโ€™s letter would be its only comment. The Arkansas controversy follows another yearbook scandal earlier this week in which a Florida high school was criticized for digitally altering dozens of images of female students to hide their chests and shoulders. A teacher at Bartram Trail high school in St Johns admitted manipulating 80 photographs of girls she considered inappropriately dressed, while leaving images of male students, including one of a swimming team attired only in bathing trunks, untouched. The school also offered refunds.

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