this post is about truth telling. it is set in a context where children are held accountable to a higher standard of conduct than the adults who teach them. their senior adult role models rewrote their own code of conduct deliberately removing the phrase; in no case shall the standard for an adult be lower than the standard of conduct for students.
the student standard of conduct is the pillars of character counts.
it is a widely recognized, accepted and respected code of ethics. holding our sons and daughters honestly accountable to that standard is the absolute best thing that we can do for them.
we teach them what it means to tell the truth. we teach them that it is their intent, and not their words which separate their lies from the truth. Making Ethical Decisions.
we teach them that to "spin" the truth as is done in this press release. is in fact to lie.
1) “The board of education room will be a community room where we invite the entire community to come together not only to discuss the education of students, but also to discuss other important issues that affect the Albuquerque community,” said APS Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Everitt.
2) The total cost of the board room and furnishings is $440,920. That cost includes the improvements done on the north side of the APS building. The project will be funded through the sale of the Stronghurst Complex located at 2nd street and Menaul. The APS Real Estate Department expects to sell that location for about $1,300,000.
3) Every child has a right to a quality public education and APS is committed to providing that education.
re 1) there is no evidence that the leadership has ever done anything to "invite the community to come together". rather, the evidence shows that, it has dissolved the primary parent advisory groups, it conducts board meetings during the workday, it conducts "discreet" mill levy elections, and it no longer conducts a public forum on the record.
re 2) the actual cost of the board room is not $440,920.
whatever it cost; voters will never know the truth. there is no publicly available evidence of the actual cost of the boardroom renovation, nor of the identity of those responsible for the debacle.
the "funding" of the project by selling aps property seems to imply no loss to tax payers. except that tax payers paid for the stronghurst complex as well; it is their own. and if the proceeds were not being squandered on the uptown palace; they could be spent somewhere else more appropriately.
re 3) "every child does have a right to a quality public education" just changes the subject. it has nothing to mitigate the fact that a great deal of taxpayer support for the aps has been squandered unjustifiably.
the intention of the press release is to deliberately deceive voters.
voters will never know the truth about the boardroom or the uptown centre. they will never be shown public records which reveal the truth. the leadership of the aps will continue to use public financial support of education to pay modrall lawyers to "legally" suppress the truth.
you won't read about it in the journal or the trib.
neither intends to print the truth about the uptown centre;
neither will ask to see the public records.
and, the leadership of the aps will continue to dodge accountability for their conduct and competence
as public servants.
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