Student Wearing Hijab Misidentified as 'Isis' in School Yearbook

The photo of a student at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga is sparking outrage online after the school's yearbook misidentified the teen wearing a hijab as "Isis Phillips."

The student posted the photo of the yearbook page to Facebook, with the caption:

"I am extremely saddened, disgusted, hurt and embarrassed that the Los Osos High School yearbook was able to get away with this. Apparently I am "Isis" in the yearbook. The school reached out to me and had the audacity to say that this was a typo. I beg to differ, let's be real."

The student also posted the photo on Twitter and it quickly drew attention from many who criticized the school's error. As of Sunday afternoon, the post had nearly 3,000 shares on Facebook.

The school's principal Susan Petrocelli offered an apology on Twitter Saturday, saying the school with was taking steps to correct and investigate the misprint

LOHS is taking every step possible to correct & investigate a regrettable misprint discovered in the yearbook. We sincerely apologize.
— Susan Petrocelli (@LosOsosHigh) May 8, 2016 ^[1]

The Osos High School yearbook also responded on Twitter admitting fault in the error.

"We should have checked each name carefully in the book and we had no intention to create this misunderstanding."

pic.twitter.com/2FW5LKPWcY ^[2]
— LOHS Yearbook (@LosOsosYearbook) May 7, 2016 ^[3]

Attorneys with the Greater Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) have been in contact with the student and her family and were investigating the incident.

"We join with the family in their concern about a possible bias motive for this incident and in the deep concern for their daughter's safety as a result of being falsely labeled as a member of a terrorist group," said CAIR-LA Executive Director Hussam Ayloush. "No student should have to face the humiliation of being associated with a group as reprehensible as ISIS."

According to CAIR-LA, some 200 yearbooks have been distributed to students at Los Osos High School.

The organization said the student -- who is not being named because the family asked for privacy -- will not likely return to school "until the issue is resolved appropriately."

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