What they say they mean; what they really mean.

Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education Code of Ethics (in significant part)

Make the education and well-being of students the basis for all decision making

Except for spending at the Uptown Complex; and except for accountability as role models.

Establish an open, two-way communication process with students, staff, families and all segments of 'the community.

Except if it includes telling the truth about anything; not about spending on the Uptown Centre; not about gradegate or the principal shuffle; and not about the scandal in the leadership of the APS.

Become informed of issues brought before the board and participate in discussions and debates.

Except that constituents have no right to ask questions and expect good faith responses. Except that constituents have no right to petition their government on the record.

Accept responsibility and accountability for one's own actions and behaviors.

Except any responsibility and accountability which can be avoided by litigation and the Modrall law firm.

Avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance thereof and refrain from using the board position for personal …gain

Except if you husband is the President of the Modrall law firm which is making so much money off a large bore pipeline of unwitting taxpayer support for “education” that the amount must be kept secret.

Recognize …that all decisions of the board will be made at public meetings where a quorum of the board is present and only after a 'thorough review of all the available information.

Except to make a decision that the leadership of the APS will never be held honestly accountable to any meaningful standard of conduct, by a system over which they have no control; and even against their will.

Delegate authority for the administration of the schools to the superintendent and establish a process for accountability of administrators.

Except in toto.