character counts?

most would agree that character is taught best
by role modeling.

some; I at least, would argue that it is taught only
by role modeling.

the district has a character counts website.
it has a leadership council that includes several senior aps administrators.
they have a vision, mission, and goals.
they do stuff.
they have done stuff.
senator domenici and marty chavez are advocates.

except neither will draw attention to this scandal. neither will put pressure on the journal or the trib to report the truth. and, neither will stand in defense of the pillars of character counts as an appropriate standard of conduct for the leadership of the aps.

terri cole and the chamber of commerce used to be advocates. once proudly endorsed on their website, cole and the chamber have apparently abandoned chararacter counts as worthy of their support. this happened after I asked her for support for character counts in the aps.

in the aps, character counts is the responsibility of a senior administrator. she has an office very near the top of the uptown administrative retirement complex.

at one point, I was trying to contact the character counts leadership council. it was my hope that they would help me protest the leadership's decision to except themselves from accountability as role models, to the student standard conduct; the pillars of character counts.

even in response to a lawful nmipra request for public records; she refused to enable me to contact any council member except herself.

later I found out later that paula maes/modrall is the president of the character counts leadership council.

I suspect that the council did not discuss her decision as school board president, to abdicate her responsibilty as the most senior role model for 98,000 of our sons and daughters, for the pillars of character counts.

aside from all the treachery and deceit; I guess it boils down to whether or not you are upset that she and the leadership of the aps removed the following language from their own code of conduct.

in no case shall the standard for an adult be lower than the standard for a student.

and now refuse to explain, defend or even acknowledge that decision.

the worst part of all of this?

educators role modeling honest accountability to the
pillars character counts for eight measly hours a day
is far and away our single best hope
in rearing children into adults
who embrace courage and honor and character.

if that's what we really want.