How should schools go about producing yearbooks?
• Yearbooks are normally available to anyone who wants to purchase a copy and they may be placed in public libraries. As such, they are public documents. • Schools must decide whether their yearbooks are part of an educational program. If yes, then photographs and other personal information may be included without requiring consent. If no, consents must be obtained before using some personal information. • Photographs taken at public events, as in questions 1 and 2 above, or in classrooms as in question 3, can be included without consent. • Consent should be obtained to include individual or group photographs which do not fit into the above categories. • Personal information to be included in the yearbook, for example, the student’s educational or career plans, should be collected directly from the individual the information is about.
