The board will approve it's goals for the current school year tonight

Board Goals 2007-08

Goal 1: The Board of Education will lead and support improved student achievement and improved instructional practices by developing and monitoring effective and targeted policies during school year 2007-08.

Goal 2: The Board of Education will lead, model, select, and support effective and culturally-sensitive leadership in Albuquerque Public Schools by strengthening positive relationships with its community and governmental partners and celebrating our diversity.

Goal 3: Increase efficiency of all communication processes between the Board of Education and all stakeholders.

Goal 4: Use continuous improvement processes to enhance the Board of Education’s leadership role in day-to-day Board work.

Does this mean the public forum will be returned to the public record?

Does it mean someone in the leadership of the APS will finally stand for legitimate questions?

Well no, it doesn't.

Which makes a goal which reads;

Increase efficiency of all communication processes between the Board of Education and all stakeholders,

a lie. Does it not?

What kind of efficient communication involves
hiring an executive director of communications
whose job is not, to tell the truth, but
whose job is, not to tell the truth?

Reflect please, upon their recent adoption of, as their own standard of conduct, a comparatively meaningless and completely unenforceable code of ethics.

A decision which was not communicated to stakeholders; despite the personal witness of reporters.

If ever there was an eye into the sole of an organization;
it is a policy statement.

And tomorrow, despite the fact that reporters will be at the board meeting tonight; it will not be reported to the community which board members vote for and against a deliberately dishonest policy statement, from the board and for the community.