FILE:  KBCBA

 

INTERVIEWS AND FILMING (AUDIO AND VIDEO) ON SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY

 

 

Interviews, filming, or videotaping on district property may not occur without prior approval from the office of the Superintendent.  Approval may be in the form of an email.

 

Requests for interviews shall generally be granted if the individual from whom the interview is being sought agrees to participate.  If the individual does not wish to be interviewed or photographed, he or she may decline; however, the individual or the school administrator shall immediately notify the Superintendent.

 

The Superintendent or his/her designee shall contact the school administrator prior to a media visit.  If media appear on campus without notifying the Superintendent, the school administrator should notify the Superintendent immediately.

 

No media representatives shall be allowed in the school without approval of the principal and notification from the Superintendent.  Principals and other administrators, however, are encouraged to assist with any reasonable request for media access and cooperate to the fullest extent possible.

 

Media representatives without permission to be on campus should be asked to leave the property; the school should then contact the Superintendent.  School administrators are allowed to give such media representatives the appropriate contact information for the Superintendent.

 

Media contact is not within the district’s jurisdiction for approval or interruption if it occurs off district property and at non-district-related events.

 

Filming, videotaping, and photographing children by the media in classrooms, on campus, or in school-sponsored events shall be allowed for non-instructional purposes, provided that there is a signed parental consent form or release form for each child who participates in such activities.  Signed parental consent forms shall be in the school files and accessible upon request.  General images of children in which no one student is identifiable do not require parental permission forms.

 

New policy:  November 5, 2019

 

 

Ref:    Board minutes, 11-5-19

 

Catahoula Parish School Board