Truth telling, as it is required of APS students.

From; Making Ethical Decisions - link
based on the Pillars of Character Counts!

There is no more fundamental ethical value than honesty.
We associate honesty with people of honor, and
we admire and rely on those who are honest.

But honesty is a broader concept than many may realize.
It involves both communications and conduct.
Honesty in communications is expressing the truth
as best we know it and not conveying it in a way likely
to mislead or deceive.

There are three dimensions:

1) Truthfulness.
Truthfulness is presenting the facts to the best of our
knowledge. Intent is the crucial distinction between
truthfulness and truth itself.

2) Sincerity.
Sincerity is genuineness, being without trickery or
duplicity. It precludes all acts, including half-truths,
out-of-context statements, and even silence,
that are intended to create beliefs or leave impressions
that are untrue or misleading.

3) Candor.
In relationships involving legitimate expectations of trust,
honesty may also require candor, forthrightness and
frankness, imposing the obligation to volunteer
information that another person needs to know.

Currently,
the student standard of conduct requires them to tell the truth.
The standard for the leadership of the APS is; "not lying".

There is a world of difference between "telling the truth" and
"not lying".

It is the difference between a higher standard of conduct,
and lower standards of conduct.


If telling the truth is too high of a standard of conduct
for administrators and board members,
how is it not too high a standard for students?

Does anyone really expect students
to hold themselves accountable to a higher standard of conduct
than the standard that applies to their Principal?