And there are two kinds of people in the world.
They are efficiently separated by the question;
Does that make any difference?
"yes'" need to attend the meetings Friday;
all of them if you can.
"no's" You need to understand that in refusing to be accountable as role models; not only are they being bad role models (of accountability), but they are also refusing to be held honestly accountable to a higher standard of conduct (than the law).
One does not have to be the equivalent of a political rocket scientist to see that the "law" is inadequate as a standard for public service.
The actual working standard of accountability in the APSMost people believe that there actually is a higher standard of conduct for public servants.
is that they are accountable to the law,
only after spending scandalous amounts of public money
in a effort to litigate exception to the law,
good ol' boys in the leadership of the APS.
Paula Maes and the good ol' boys have excepted themselves from accountability to the student standard of conduct
the pillars of character Counts,
a nationally recognized, accepted and respected code of ethical
conduct.
A reasonable standard of conduct for the senior most administrative role model, public servant, and steward of a billion tax dollars a year.
In an effort to keep Paula Maes' treachery secret from
her constituents and stakeholders;
she and Thomas Lang, Kent Walz, Mary Lynn Roper,
Michelle Donaldson, Sue Stephens,
and others under the influence of the NM Broadcasters Ass
have conspired to keep the entire subject of role modeling
off of the table
while she hires Linda, or Dickie, or Norris, or some other good ol boy
to continue to cover the ass of Maes-Modrall and all of
the other incompetent and corrupt good ol' boys in the APS.
No one of them will ever have to look in to the eyes of stakeholders and answer the question candidly, forthrightly and honestly.
Within your public service, and as
the senior most public servant, and as
the senior administrative role model for over 100,000
students and employees;Are you willing to hold yourself honestly accountable to the student standard of conduct; the Pillars of Character Counts! ?
The answer to that question should be of some interest
to voters, to tax payers , and to members of the community,
even if they don't think that it is important that
Paula Maes and Linda Sink have failed so abjectly
as role models of the student standard of conduct.
2 comments:
Today ay lunch I heard my fellow teachers talking about Linda Sink. Much like Nzai Germany days, they were very careflul who was in the room and who might hear what they say.
They are very adamant about NOT wanting Linda Sink as Superintendent. People were timid to express specific reasons, but their feeings were very strong...many of them expressing agreement.
Whaever Sink has done, it seems like she has alienated many APS teachers from believing in her.
I really hope she doesn't become Paula's next Master Puppet.
--An APS student
To the Albuquerque Public Schools Community:
As most of you have probably heard, the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education on Saturday accepted the recommendation of six finalists for the job of superintendent from the 27-member community search committee.
The finalists are (in alphabetical order) Winston Brooks, superintendent of the Wichita Public Schools; Steve Flores, chief of staff of the Dallas Independent Schools; Diego Gallegos , APS assistant superintendent; Thomas Miller, chief of staff and acting superintendent of the Ysleta Independent Schools outside El Paso; Gary Norris, superintendent of the Sarasota County Schools; and Linda Sink , APS interim superintendent.
On behalf of the board, I want to thank the community search committee for taking the time on Saturday to meet with the search consultants of Ray and Associates to review the applications, rate them against the established criteria set by employees and the community, and finally to recommend the finalists. The committee, which included parents, teachers and community leaders, spent most of the day on Saturday working to come up with the finalists.
The APS Board of Education will review the applications and the recommendations from the community search committee. On Friday we will host a series of meetings with the finalists. They will begin at 6:30 a.m. , when the finalists meet with student leaders, including student body officers from the high schools. At 11:30 a.m. , the candidates will meet with business and government leaders. Beginning at 4 p.m. , the candidates will be available to meet with employees; and at 6 p.m. , they will meet with parents and the community.
All meetings will be held in the John Milne Community Room of the APS Building at 6400 Uptown Blvd. NE. While the different times are intended to focus on different groups, all community members and employees are welcome at any meeting. Following the meetings, those attending will get feedback cards where they can express their opinions of the candidates and these will be passed along to the board.
On Saturday, we board members will begin interviewing the finalists and hope to name a new superintendent over the weekend.
Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein, a member of the community search committee, requested that all candidates be asked about their work with teachers and dealing with the federal No Child Left Behind Act. I want to assure you that we will be asking those questions as a part of the interview process on Saturday.
Again, thank you for your support and interest in the Albuquerque Public Schools.
Sincerely,
Paula Maes , President
Albuquerque Public Schools
Board of Education
(Note: This letter replaces the regular weekly message from the APS Interim Superintendent.)
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