Hypocrisy to be documented

From APS;

Albuquerque Public Schools Character Counts!,APS Join-a-School, and the New Mexico Partnership in Character Education will debut “Character is the Heart of New Mexico” at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History.

The documentary is about CHARACTER COUNTS! and its impact on schools and communities across New Mexico.

“CHARACTER COUNTS! is a great program that started in Albuquerque Public Schools and now continues to spread across the country,” said APS Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Everitt. “I am always impressed how the pillars of character that the program teaches not only impacts the student’s education but the way they handle situations when they are in the community.”

The documentary was directed and produced by Chris Schueler, who has won 17 Emmy Awards. The show will be televised at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 7 on KOAT-TV.

"New Mexico schools have been at the forefront of promoting good character through the Character Counts program. When I learned about the six pillars in the early 1990s, I recognized that they were well-founded and something that everyone could get behind to improve not only our schools, but businesses and communities. I am very proud of the Character Counts movement in New Mexico," said Senator Pete Domenici, who continues to be a Character Counts advocate on a national and statewide level.


Not scheduled as part of the documentary is the part where Beth Everitt and the leadership of the APS have personally renounced the Pillars of Character Counts as the standard for conduct for the senior administrative role models in the APS.

You will not see the part where Pete Domenici was told that the leadership of the APS has renounced Character Counts and then said nothing.

Nor will you see the part where the President of the APS Character Counts Leadership Council, School Board President Paula Maes renounced her accountability to the standard as well.