Controversy is swirling around a junior high cheerleading squad in Utah after a 14-year-old girl with down syndrome was not pictured in the group photo that was in the yearbook.
Morgyn Arnold is the beloved manager of the squad. Like the other cheerleaders, she posed in the team photo for the school's yearbook. But when her family eagerly opened it, Morgyn was nowhere to be found. Shoreline Junior Highโs school district in Utah is now apologizing.
Morgyn โknew all the routines by heartโ, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. In the photo that included her, she was seated in the front row, whereas in the second image she was clearly absent. โMorgyn is very intelligent,โ Poll said to the Salt Lake Tribune. โShe knew what happened. She was sad, and she was hurt.โ
Arnoldโs older sister, Jordyn Poll, said Morgyn was crestfallen when she looked through the yearbook which, according to the New York Times. Arnoldโs name also wasnโt included. Her sister reportedly said she thought this decision was because of her siblingโs disability.