Child got left out of class picture

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That sucks but I would probably ask the teacher to do one informally rather than professionally.

But if you want to make this your hill to die on, you can.

THIS is a great idea. Ask for an informal pic of the whole class and frame that one for your house.

And for everyone else's house, and make sure they don't distribute the first, corrupted picture.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:this happened to us once and they photoshopped my kid in.

this happened to another kid once, they photoshopped her kid in, and she paid for 30 copies of the class picture, and sent every family the class picture with her kid in it, so all families would have her kid in the class picture.

This is really weird. Not the photoshopping part. But buying the pictures and giving them to the other families. Some people have way too much time.

Some people have ethical values.

That's just odd. You have your pic with your kid in it, but most people will never look at these pics again, it's not that important to them to have a pic of your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That sucks but I would probably ask the teacher to do one informally rather than professionally.

But if you want to make this your hill to die on, you can.

THIS is a great idea. Ask for an informal pic of the whole class and frame that one for your house.

And for everyone else's house, and make sure they don't distribute the first, corrupted picture.

Guaranteed someone else will be absent on impromptu retake day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry this happened. I don't know why the teacher didn't go back and have it retaken right after your daughter returned from speech and she realized what had happened.

But now that it has, asking the photographer to bring all their equipment back to the school to retake one picture is not a reasonable request. It's also probably $$$--the schools get a bulk deal for one day of processing classes through like a machine but a special session for just one class is something else. Who is going to pay for this?

Most schools offer retakes for individual students and have the days set up in advance. It is not going to cost the school extra. The $$$ comes from the picture packages that are purchased.

Right - and then another kid who is absent that day will miss the picture, and his parents will (rightfully) complain that he was there on picture day, and why on earth should he not be in the picture?

np There is a difference between being there and missing the photo and being absent. How can you not see the difference?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take a pic your self and frame for child. Give out copies.

Huh?

How the hell is the mom supposed to get her child’s entire class together for a picture that she takes herself?

Please explain the logistics because i genuinely want to know.

[Anonymous]

This thread is 5 years old. I'm sure the OP has resolved it (or not, but nothing that can be done now).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry this happened. I don't know why the teacher didn't go back and have it retaken right after your daughter returned from speech and she realized what had happened.

But now that it has, asking the photographer to bring all their equipment back to the school to retake one picture is not a reasonable request. It's also probably $$$--the schools get a bulk deal for one day of processing classes through like a machine but a special session for just one class is something else. Who is going to pay for this?

Most schools offer retakes for individual students and have the days set up in advance. It is not going to cost the school extra. The $$$ comes from the picture packages that are purchased.

Right - and then another kid who is absent that day will miss the picture, and his parents will (rightfully) complain that he was there on picture day, and why on earth should he not be in the picture?

np There is a difference between being there and missing the photo and being absent. How can you not see the difference?

If my kid was absent on the retake day obviously I won’t care about the one they aren’t in, doesn’t really matter why. And why would another parent even know what the issue was?

[Anonymous]

I would take in cupcakes on your child’s birthday or the last day of school, and get a group photo. The teacher may help since she feels bad. There are typically other events where they will pose together for a group shot like concerts too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry this happened. I don't know why the teacher didn't go back and have it retaken right after your daughter returned from speech and she realized what had happened.

But now that it has, asking the photographer to bring all their equipment back to the school to retake one picture is not a reasonable request. It's also probably $$$--the schools get a bulk deal for one day of processing classes through like a machine but a special session for just one class is something else. Who is going to pay for this?

The school is going to pay for it.

Frankly, this isn't an "accident". This is what happens when schools don't think of their classes as inclusive communities. The school is responsible for fixing it. Sadly, if it doesn't cost them something, whether it's effort or money, then they aren't going to change what happened. [b]

I feel badly for your kid’s teachers. You sound like a nightmare. My kid gets pull-outs for speech and self-regulation. I’d ask when make-ups are, but you are wildly out of line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an SLP, I'll also reluctantly put some blame on the SLP. It's part of my responsibility to know what's going on in the school, and class picture day is hard to miss. We had ours last week and I checked with every teacher before I pulled kids to make sure there was no conflict with their class slot.

This! It isn't on the parent. When my kid was in elementary, the SLP was good at making sure he didn't miss some big activity and occasionally he missed speech like when there was a class party or something. I assume she and the teacher were coordinating.

This was on the teacher and the SLP. Not the parent.