Tom C wrote: > >The photography issue has been raised more than once and I > still take > >pictures on occasion on school grounds, but I do try to just > capture my > >own children in those images. Within the school, for plays > or such, it > >was written in a newsletter a while back that photography wasn't > >permitted. It has had no effect whatsoever on cameras and video > >recorders, and no one has been approached or the subject > raised before > >the event by a teacher presenting the performance even once. > > > > I suspect the whole issue of actually taking pictures on > school property or in the school has almost NOTHING to do > with children's safety and almost EVERYTHING to do with > perceived potential liability of the school, school district, > or the employees working there. > > It could be anything imaginable. From public displays of > affection between school children, to smoking, to the > behavior of the teachers themselves. > Schools do not like having the things that could potentially > look bad, being publicly exposed.
I don't doubt that for a moment. But if you're (the school) going to make such a statement, either back it up or don't make it. What on earth was the point of saying it without enforcement (and I'll ignore the fact that 95% of the parents would have said 'come and make me then')? People looking for faults, won't display the fact they are recording it or filming it. Or perhaps everyone is too paranoid and the 21st Century will not be recorded on film, through concern of what is captured and what has been lost on computers. Malcolm
