WENATCHEE, Wash., June 8 (UPI) -- A Washington state high school says it will cut a page out of 1,100 yearbooks after two students were identified by their weight rather than names in photos.
Wenatchee High School yearbook staff adviser Jeanette Marantos said she's unaware of who wrote the captions in the club photos in which the two freshmen girls were identified by words characterizing their weight, but asserts the mistake was not malicious, The Wenatchee World reported.
"I believe the intention was to go get their names and replace them. No matter what the intent was, it was incredibly unprofessional and wrong to have done that," Marantos said.
About 21 students were on the yearbook staff. It is unclear how, if at all, Marantos investigated the incident but Assistant Principal Gracie Helm said there will be further review, the newspaper said.
Marantos was unsure whether the yearbook page containing the captions was sent to the printer in January or February. She said she did not review the page, the newspaper reported Tuesday.
Staff members initially learned of the caption mistakes after a distribution May 31.
"They were horrified. Our editor-in-chief has worked tirelessly to fix this, but we know you can't really fix this," Marantos said.
More than half of the early distribution yearbooks have been retrieved and returned without the aberrant page, and the printer will put stickers over the captions on the remainder of the books, the World said.
"We've hurt several people, unintentionally, but we still hurt them and it's a terrible thing," Marantos said.
Helm declined to comment on the emotional state of the two freshmen.
