Our district is not as helpful to allow us the one sentence. A lot of issues with them over the years, sadly. We were hoping to create our own. We want to have parents fill out the form at our Family Night Events. These photos would be posted on our FB if approved by the parent. Suggestions??

We all use the same one. The school has one and it has a sentence in it that states that PTO will be using the childrens pictures too. We have only one school website and facebook so the one form works too. We were told as long as there is a sentence in the release form declaring the use for PTO too, then we were ok. So far, we've not had a problem with it.

hughesfam - Is the release one the school has parents sign and the school admin maintains, or do you have them sign a specific photo release absolving PTO of liability/granting use of the photos?

We have a form that releases photos that are taken and posted on our school website or our school facebook page. The parents sign it at the beginning of the year giving their consent to share the photos. If a parent doesn't want their child's picture on website then we dont use that photo.

If the parent doesn't want their child's picture taken then we don't. And we do have some thatwon't due to religious beliefs.

Our PTO had this same issue. We found that if the pictures were taken in a place where there is no "expectation of privacy" there can't be anything done to stop the posting of the pictures. For example, the kids are on a field trip to the zoo. A picture is taken of a child, but a child that has not had a photo release signed is in the background. The picture is published in the school yearbook or posted on facebook. Legally nothing can be done against the PTO because the photo was taken in a public place where there is no expectation of privacy. If the photo was taken in the bathroom that's illegal, but out in the open is fair game. The laws haven't quite caught up with the technology yet, but that's the best answer we received to date.