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Ashland City Schools to add Google 'additional services' consent to enrollment forms; staff warn lack of consent could limit access
Summary
District staff told the board that Google requires parental consent for 'additional services' such as YouTube and Google Maps; without consent students cannot receive Google accounts and would lose access to Google Classroom, Docs and shared school resources.
District staff on March 24, 2025 told the Ashland City School District Board of Education they plan to include Google’s parental-consent template for “additional services” in the 2025–26 final forms, and explained what that will mean for students and classroom instruction.
Philip McNall (staff) said Google separates its offerings into “core services” — Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Classroom — and “additional services” such as YouTube, Google Earth, Google Maps and Google Translate. McNall said Google’s template explains what information the company collects and asks parents to sign if the district wants students to access the additional services with their school accounts. “We could just put this into their final forms… and it just becomes a thing that parents can sign,” McNall said.
When asked about the impact on students, McNall said: “It would leave them out of opportunities. Basically, it would mean that we can’t create a…
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