A parent of a child in Kindergarten paid $60 for her son’s graduation photo only to have the photo allegedly taken by the school teacher on their phone, after allegedly telling the parent that the $60 was for a third-party photographer.
Here is the story:
“I would like to share a rather UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE I had with *school’s name withheld* where two of my sons attended pre-school.
As my eldest child is entering primary 1 next year it is his last year with *school’s name withheld* I would expect him to have his graduation photo taken with the school.
However, i felt rather weird when I still have not heard about any photo-taking ceremony for graduation when it is going to end of October whereas his cousins/my nephews all already had theirs. So I questioned the school.
When they finally got back to my wife on the matter they said the charges for it will be $60 as it will be taken by a third-party photographer hired. Without any hesitation, we as parents immediately made payment as I believe all parents would want their child to have something of a memory.
Unfortunately for $60, the results of the photoshoot my child received was a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.
As you can see the difference from previous years is the photos that only cost $30 compared to the present photo quality that cost $60.
if you look at these photos can you tell what school did the child went to? *school’s name withheld* IS NOT EVEN PROUD OF THEIR SCHOOL! No school name is printed in the photos at all. and what is worse is that none of the children in this group photo with the supposedly “graduation” word banner at the backdrop are wearing shoes. (Photo not included as I respect the privacy of other children)
Is this acceptable? If it is, I feel it is abnormal. There is no indication of the classmate names below the photo. So 20 years later how would my son recall his classmate without the names indicated? To put it bluntly, I can take such quality photos with my android phone at the cost of close to nothing if I have the graduation uniform at home.
Photo allegedly taken on teacher’s phone
THE SADDEST PART is my son actually told me that it was the teacher who took their photos using their phone. SO HOW IS IT FROM THE THIRD-PARTY PHOTOGRAPHER? When I contacted the school to seek clarification on the matter all I get is a reply “we will take in your advice for future
And after a few more calls and when we finally get to speak to the principal did they offer a refund (which up to now after 3 days we did not get any updates).
But the problem now is not about the $60 but the integrity a school should have accountable to all students and parents of the school.
*school’s name withheld* you can definitely do better than this.
2019 & 2020 photos cost $30
2021 photos by “hired photographer” $60″
