District 131’s public relations officer handles all media requests, including interviews and site visits. While the district is committed to open, two-way communication, this must be balanced against the right to privacy of minors who attend our schools.
All media inquiries should be directed to the public relations officer. Exceptions include public meetings, routine athletic and/or extracurricular activity news coverage during games, and/or performances conducted outside the normal school day.
Only reporters with prior permission from the public relations officer will be allowed on to school property to photograph or report on school events or other educational activities.
For safety and security reasons, reporters who do not have prior approval will not be allowed on school grounds, into any school building, or into any educational setting where district learning is taking place. Additionally, photographers must obtain the name of the children shown in the photos they intend to use, so they can be checked against the school’s media waiver files. This is to protect the minors shown in photographs, as well as expedite the process for media approval.
The public relations officer should be contacted when a representative of the media requests to visit a campus or arrives at a campus without prior approval. If a member of the media is on the premises without prior approval, he or she should be asked to leave and directed to the public relations officer.
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