video policies

[Bonnie LaClave <blaclav@IN-MOTION.NET>]

Hello Friends,
        The technology coordinator at our corporation just sent me the
following email, needing some info.  If any of you have time to send along
some advice and/or information, we would appreciate it very much.  At the
end of the year we had a situation occur where a high school teacher showed
"Jerry Maguire" (R-rated) to a group of kids, and he got in a *bunch* of
trouble!  The kids told him it was rated PG, and he didn't know any better,
and didn't check it out.  Now our school board is wanting us to come up with
some kind of policy (rightfully so--this is long overdue in our corporation.
Thanks for your input!

Bonnie,

I was wondering if you could ask on the listserv that you belong to if
anyone has or knows of any written video policies or procedures for schools.
I haven't had time to add my name to a listserv yet and sort of need this
info soon.  I have made some phone calls and checked a little on the
Internet but can't find anything.  I have been asked to put something in
writing concerning videos and the media retrieval system.
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Bonnie LaClave                  Phone 765-436-2333
Library Media Specialist        Fax  765-436-2630
Thorntown Elementary
200 Mill Street
Thorntown, IN 46071
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