[Rodney King]

The school policy that does not allow taping without the students' permission more than makes sense. Would you want your student being taped while in class or while they eat lunch or any other time without their permission. No, of course not. Parades, games and plays are very different. By participating in each of those, you are implicitly giving your consent to be watched and taped. Participation in classroom activities and small optional assemblies is very different and the school policy is there to protect the children. Your response is going to be that taping this and exposing it is protecting the children. Well perhaps, but the parents of the children involved had every right to a) stop it before it happened, b) attend, c) lodge a complaint after the fact. Taping it was simply not necessary and contrary to public policy.

Would your change your mind if massgopguy's assertions that others friendly to the program were taping the event was verifiable?

[VaBarrister]

Would your change your mind if massgopguy's assertions that others friendly to the program were taping the event was verifiable?

Well the issue there is that people taping the event that are friendly to the program are likely to have the permission of the students involved. If the students involved, or even just one of them objects to it being taped, it should not be taped, under any circumstance. The rule applies to everyone.