8225    Publication of Student Images

Students/Protections

The school district, through various media, publishes information to the community.  This may include programs broadcast over local access cable television, internet web sites, and print.  Material communicated to the public through these and other media may contain student images.  This policy describes the manner in which student images may be published.

1.      With the exception of the specific instances included in this policy, identified or featured images (identified or unidentified) of students shall not be published without the written consent of the student’s parent(s) or guardian(s).  An identified image publishes both the image and name of the student.  Featured images are those that are in the forefront and remain visible for more than a moment.

2.      Exception: Where the school district publishes images of students at public events, such as School Committee meetings, concerts, athletic contests, graduation, etc., no consent is required.

3.      Exception: Where a publication is created by students as part of a school program of study and publication is limited to the school community (students, staff and families), no consent is required.

4.      Exception: Images may be published if they are incidental and unidentified.  Incidental images are momentary and not featured.

Adoption: 11/23/04