Thursday, January 17, 2008

Re: Permission for Photos, Films, Recordings and Student Work

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Ellen Baru
Director of Technology
The Cathedral School
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10025

Phone: 212-316-7447
Fax: 212-316-7558

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>Since our current process is tremendously cumbersome, I'm recommending
>we place a blanket statement in the contract such as the following: "I
>grant permission for the school, in whole or in part, to use
>photographs, written extractions, and voice recordings of students for
>the purpose of marketing and publications unless otherwise notified in
>writing."
This is exactly how we do it and as far as I know we haven't had any
problems. We started doing this a few years ago. I believe parents have
the option to opt out of this by writing a specific letter to the school
stating that they don't want to give permission for this.
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>How do I allay fears that parents will be upset by this? Can anyone
>offer any suggestions?
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>Thanks,
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>Susan
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>Susan E. Malandrino
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>Director of Marketing and Communications
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>Norfolk Collegiate School
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>7336 Granby Street
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>Norfolk, Va. 23505
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>(757) 480-2885 ext. 1013
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>(757) 588-8655 (fax)
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>smalandrino@norfolkcollegiate.org
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Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.