Children's Pictures & Personal Information

All of us are excited to send Grandma & Grandpa the photo of our child winning the local sports trophy or getting the debate award. Dog-eared clippings from our town paper are cherished & carefully glued into scrapbooks to show our grandchildren. So what's the harm in posting the same photo at the school web site?

First of all, a web site Isn’t a local newspaper. It's available to more than 84 million people in the United States alone. And the people who might use this information to reach your children aren't neighbors who are worried about what their neighbors think. They are strangers to your family & your community. (Polly Klaas was targeted from a mailing list compiled for marketing to teenagers in a particular zip code area. Her killer bought this list of girls between certain ages & chose her at random from the list. The list contained her address, name, & age.)

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