yahoo news | Henderson ISD to continue reviewing partnership with Lifetouch
Henderson Independent School District announced Wednesday that it will continue reviewing its partnership with Lifetouch Photography while moving forward with yearbook production. The decision allows campus yearbook staff to complete orders that many families have already placed and to honor contracts already in effect, as picture dates have passed for several campuses.
The announcement follows the recent controversy surrounding Lifetouch’s alleged involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Senate investigators have linked Leon Black, former CEO of Apollo Global Management—owner of Shutterfly, Lifetouch’s parent company—to payments of at least $158 million to Epstein that were alleged to have funded his child‑sex‑trafficking operation. Henderson ISD emphasized that student safety and well‑being remain its highest priority and cited Lifetouch’s assurance that all previously taken student photographs remain secure and are accessible only to families and authorized district officials.
The district clarified that the limited information shared with Lifetouch consists of basic roster data—student name, grade level, and photograph—used for yearbooks and school records. Families at Wylie Elementary and Wylie Primary may opt out of the upcoming spring picture day by contacting their campus office. Lifetouch issued a statement denying any executive relationship with Epstein, asserting that it has never shared student images with third parties and that Apollo’s acquisition of Shutterfly occurred after Epstein’s death.
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If you or your school use #Lifetouch / #Shutterfly for school or personal photos, you may want to reconsider that. My kids' grade school just dropped them. From the looks of things they're "probably" innocent of wrongdoing as the acquisition didn't take place until after Epstein's death, and they swear they've protected student photos, but the proximity to Leon Black, and by extension #Epstein, has started scaring people off.
#School yearbook #photography company tainted by #rumours of company's connection to Jeffrey #EpsteinFiles. Lifetouch releases blanket denials about its photo database being shared with infamous child predator after many middle school photo days canceled..
#PR push insists to worried parents and school administrators that: "#Lifetouch is not named in the Epstein files. There are no allegations that Lifetouch itself was involved in, or that student photos were shared with #JeffreyEpstein"
The rumours stem from the school photography firm's links to Epstein's infamous financial advisor #LeonBlack , whose investment portfolio included #Shutterfly the parent company of #Lifetouch. Shutterfly was acquired by #ApolloGlobalManagement a firm co-founded by #LittleStJames frequenting financier Leon Black, who has also faced several sexual misconduct allegations related to Epstein. A federal #lawsuit filed in 2023 accused Mr. Black of raping a 16-year-old autistic girl with Down syndrome in 2002 at Epstein’s infamous #Manhattan lair.
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I sure do miss old #Shutterfly
is there a photo sharing fedi thing that allows for photos to be stored in files?
on shutterfly we'd have
2024
rehab
severe weather
community events
jan
feb
etc...
*and** it was easy for others to add, share, use photos.
shutterfly went "you gotta pay to play" so we had to abandon ship.