Shock over school's decision regarding child with Down's Syndrome

The mother of a seven-year-old girl in Russia has taken to Facebook to air her disgust at a decision made by a school regarding the inclusion of her daughter's photo in the school's yearbook.

Olga Sinayeva took to social media to share her child's story with internet users and revealed that officials at the school in which she teaches in Moscow had removed a photo of her daughter, Masha, at the behest of other parents.

According to Olgo, the parents of other students asserted that Masha's inclusion in the album 'ruined' its appeal and sullied its glossy appearance.

While Masha doesn't actually attend the school as a pupil, she often goes to work with her mother, who is the homeroom teacher, and attempts to interact with the other children, but to no avail.

Speaking to the Moscow Times, Olga explained her and Marsha's situation, saying: "The mom is teaching, Masha is sitting quietly … she doesn't get in anybody's way."

"​Masha practically lives in this class, tries to interact, hugs everyone, she is kind and defenceless, but children shrink away from her," she explains, giving an account of the struggles her daughter must endure on a regular basis.

Understandably heartbroken by the school's decision to edit her daughter out of the yearbook, Olga highlights the hypocrisy of the decision while describing the book, writing: "The album is all so very pompously glossy, with all kinds of poetry about school, friendship and mutual understanding, with pages separated by parchment paper."

Refusing to sugarcoat the situation, Olga told Facebook users: "The reason why children were asked to return this album is simple: Many parents can't stand the photograph of the girl, Masha, who has Down's syndrome, the daughter of the homeroom teacher, next to their children."

We hope the school soon see the error of their ways.