Thursday, December 04, 2008

APS Board sez "no" to role modeling

Below find my presentation during the public forum.
The leadership of the APS declined to be held honestly
accountable as role models of the student standard of conduct.

Before you is a pamphlet entitled
CHARACTER IS THE HEART OF NEW MEXICO

You sanction it, you are accountable for its contents.

Turn please to inside panel three.

You will find eight requirements for engaging students on
their character.

You will notice number two which reads, in significant part;
“… students need to see adults “walk their talk.”
It is time to walk your talk.

Immediately following the public forum, during
"Matters of Information", you have the opportunity
to speak about what ever you want,
for as long as you want.

As a matter of information,
I would like to know whether you intend to
hold yourself honestly accountable as a role model
of the student standard of conduct.

A simple yes, or no will do.

Yes you are willing to be held honestly accountable
as a role model of the Pillars of Character Counts!

or

No, you are not.

You are not willing to accept accountability as a role model
of the student standard of conduct.

I would suggest, that any answer except yes, means no.

I would suggest, that stonewalling means no;

and is prohibited by the student standard of conduct
because it is dishonest, and therefore, unethical.

There are a number of students in the boardroom this
evening (two dozen?)

You require students to respond to legitimate questions,
by answering candidly, forthrightly, and honestly.

Will you or will you not now
show them what that looks like?


During the "Matters of Information", they chose one and all,
to not answer the simple, and absolutely legitimate question.

Which means; no.

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