The PTO produces a directory for parents. We collect the info by a form filled out by parents the first week of school (--one of several that they receive that asks for the same info over and over again!) Then, a volunteer types up the directory from the forms received.
The school already has all the info on a datbase. I'd like to use the technology (and not waste parents' and a voluteer typist's valuable time) by printing out labels from the school's database with the address, phone number, email address and slap them on a form that says "IF YOU WANT TO BE LISTED IN THE PTO DIRECTORY, SIGN BELOW AND RETURN--CHECK LABEL FOR ACCURACY" I am being told that this process would be "in conflict with the Freedom of Information Act". Does this sound right? How has your school handled the directory process?