Two thoughts.
A. Permission slips should have been sent home...no different for any film crew, photography release, etc. It's typically a media release. The school needs to just admit their oversight, apologize and move on.
B. I do miss the days when no one outside of podunk, TX (pop 40k) would have ever known about this. Our world is gotten so small we know every little infinitesimally small thing that happens everywhere (and it's always negative) and it keeps people in a constant tizzy.
Is It Bad for You to Read the News Constantly?
If you’re bingeing on the 24/7 news cycle, you’re probably asking for trouble
time.com
More than half of Americans say the news causes them stress, and many report feeling anxiety, fatigue or sleep loss as a result, the survey shows. Yet one in 10 adults checks the news every hour, and fully 20% of Americans report “constantly” monitoring their social media feeds—which often exposes them to the latest news headlines, whether they like it or not.
Negativity drives online news consumption
Examining real-world data that tested different headlines for the same news story on real news readers, Robertson et al. find that people are more likely to click on a headline when it contains negative words compared to positive words.
www.nature.com