... candid ...forthright ...honest

Too much to ask of APS Superintendent Winston Brooks?
Too much to ask of Congressional Candidate Darren White?
Too much to ask of District Attorney Kari Brandenburg?

Apparently, yes it is, simply too much to ask.

... candid;

direct in manner or speech, without secretiveness,
without subtlety or evasion, free from disguise,
without reserve or false pretense.

... forthright;

telling the “whole” truth, sharing information that one
know others would want to know; even if they don't
ask.

... honest;

honorable in principles, intentions and actions,
truthful or creditable, not deceptive or fraudulent,
marked by truth, trustworthy.

Students in the APS are taught that their character counts;
that it makes a difference in their lives, and in the lives of
the people around them.

Students are taught that their character depends on their
citizenship, and their caring, and their fairness, and their
respect, and their responsibility, and their trustworthiness;

the six Pillars of Character Counts!;

the student standard of conduct.

The leadership of the APS deliberately and with forethought,
struck the following language from their own code of conduct;

"... in no case shall the standard for adults be lower
than the standard for students ..."

for the express purpose of escaping honest accountability
for their character, and for their competence
as public servants.

They struck that language in order to escape accountability
as the senior most role models, of the student standard of
conduct.

They struck that language in order that they would not
have to be candid, forthright, and honest with stakeholders.


There is not a single administrator or board member
in the entire APS,

with the character and the courage to hold themselves
honestly accountable to the student standard of conduct.

There is not a single administrator or board member
in the entire APS, who will engage in a candid, forthright,
and honest discussion of;

• administrative accountability,
• administrative standards of conduct and competence, or
• administrative role modeling of the student standards of conduct and competence.

There is not a single administrator or board member
in the entire APS, with the character and the courage to
be held honestly accountable to a higher standard of conduct.

In truth, there is not a single own who will be held honestly
accountable, even to the law;

... the lowest acceptable standard of conduct.

If we really want, I mean if we really want
89,000 of our sons and daughters in the APS
to grow to embrace character and courage and honor

someone has to show them what it looks like;

someone has to be willing to hold themselves accountable as
a role model,

if only for eight measly hours a day.