Policy Committee Meeting Today

The policy committee is supposed to meet at 5pm today.

There are at least two items on the agenda which warrant attention;

• Code of Conduct for APS Employees (Discussion/Action) and
• Board of Education Policy and Procedural Directive on APS Police and Fire Arms (Discussion/Action)

The Employee Code of Conduct discussion/action comes as a surprise. There has been no previous mention of another change in the already pathetically inadequate policy. It is hard to believe that it could be watered down any more than it already is.

Employees are no longer accountable as role models of the student standard of conduct; and administrators are no longer accountable to any code of conduct which uses the word "ethical".

The discussion/action on firearms policy and directives (the issue of whether or not APS Police Officers will be allowed to arm themselves 24/7) is again on the agenda.

If board members Lucero and Griego are able to derail the process again, it will be at least another month before officers are armed.

Worth noting; a gun was recently taken from a student at West Mesa High School amid heightening gang tensions.

Tip of the hat to the brave APS officers who confront armed students; themselves woefully unarmed.