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Bedford High School Students Made Trading Cards Of Classmates' Bodies: Report
The photos — on which students assigned a "grade" to the girls they snapped — were circulated around school, according to a report.
BEDFORD, NH — Younger students at Bedford High School are in danger of suspension after being accused of taking photos of body parts of upperclassmen and turning them into trading cards, according to an email from the principal sent to the community and initially obtained by the New Hampshire Union Leader.
The photos — on which the students assigned a "grade" to the girls they had photographed without their knowledge — were circulated around the school, Bedford High Principal Bob Jozokos said in the email Thursday afternoon.
"This is absolutely inappropriate behavior and not expected of our students," Jozokos wrote.
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Bedford Superintendent Michael Fournier also spoke about the issue in an interview with WMUR, saying that this "isn't a case of boys being boys," but about "being respectful to one another, respectful of women and girls."
"This is not just a school issue, it’s a community issue, it’s a home issue," Fournier added. "So we all just need to come together and give the same message to these kids so that they can learn and the next generation doesn’t make the same mistakes."
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