Hey Doug! Sounds like you stirred up a can of worms with that camera. But I would like you to look at a different perspective for a moment if I may. I work within the school system, and last Wednesday we recieved a high security bulletin released to us from the local County Sheriffs office. The bulletin was to inform us to pay very close attention and not leave doors unlocked or busses unattended. It seems that we have had several incidents here in this county, with people taking pictures of schools and busses, in two incidents the suspects were interrogated, and it was found that they were tourists in rental cars, the one incident involved a camera, a tourist and a bus they were not only were they taking pictures of the bus and the undercarriage, but the braking system on the bus had been tampered with by the guy with the camera and serious damage was done to the vehicle. So I can understand them looking at you funny with a camera near a school, but the sex offender thing didn't even cross my mind, I was thinking that maybe they thought you were a terrorist, as we have been on high security alert here pretty much since 9/11. The terrorists said that they would get to us "through our children" the next time. I hope you clear up this matter about the sex offender thing, I think MGD has given you some pretty sound advice. But in all honesty I don't think I would be shooting anything near a school any time soon either. Brenda