[RP TownTalk] PG County Board of Education

[Dwight Holmes]

I too share some concern, but I'm much more curious to know what's behind
this - what "employee and/or student" is getting so rich off their school
product that the PGCBE feels the need to claim title to it???

On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>wrote:

> I cannot find the actual policy - I got the info below from another
> article on the Oh So Reliable Internet.
> (
> http://theartguy.tumblr.com/post/42193801173/prince-georges-considers-copyright-policy-that-takes
> )
>
> “Works created by employees and/or students specifically for use by
> the Prince George’s County Public Schools or a specific school or
> department within PGCPS, are properties of the Board of Education even
> if created on the employee’s or student’s time and with the use of
> their materials... Further, works created during school/work hours,
> with the use of school system materials, and within the scope of an
> employee’s position or student’s classroom work assignment(s) are the
> properties of the Board of Education.”
>
> Though I'm concerned about the "and/or students" part of this policy,
> it does also say "specifically for use by the Prince George’s County
> Public Schools or a specific school or department within PGCPS" so I
> don't think it would apply to an essay or such that was written by a
> student as an assignment unless that assignment was then used in
> subsequent curriculum by the school.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -Sarah
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Kate Sharpe <katherinesharpe at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I am appalled by the Prince George's County Board of Education proposal I
> > read about this morning in the Washington Post to copyright all student
> and
> > teacher work in the district:
> >
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/prince-georges-considers-copyright-policy-that-takes-ownership-of-students-work/2013/02/02/dc592dea-6b08-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html?hpid=z1
> >
> > If you have concerns about this proposed policy, I would encourage you to
> > write to your school board representative to express your opinion:
> > peggy.higgins at pgcps.org
> >
> > The other school board members can be found here:
> > http://www1.pgcps.org/board/.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kate Sharpe
> > 4800 Ravenswood
> >
> >
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