Superintendent: district will not publish student videos without parental consent; FERPA cited
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Summary
Board discussed a video of students and whether it could be publicly shared; administration said videos with children are not shared without parental permission and cited FERPA and a do-not-publish list maintained by the district.
During the meeting administrators addressed the public availability of a video that included students, explaining the district will not publish videos of children without parental permission.
Regina Morgan, superintendent, told the board the district keeps a "do not publish" list and checks that list before posting photos or videos. She said administrators had asked parents who violated the rule not to post and had barred some parents from returning when they repeatedly disobeyed the rule. "It is a FERPA violation for us to share videos of people and we have a do not publish list in our buildings where any parent who doesn't want their child published, we know who those students are," she said.
Board members also discussed reviewing social media posts and Instagram content for compliance with district rules; one board member requested executive-session follow-up to identify posts.
Ending: The district reaffirmed it will not publish videos or photos of students for whom parents have not consented and said staff will continue to apply the do-not-publish list when posting material.