APS folding in stakeholders, not!

APS Superintendent Winston Brooks would have
stakeholders to believe that their participation in the decision
making process is meaningful.

Yet, the leadership of the APS will decide Tuesday morning,
whether to restore the Role Modeling clause to their own
standards of conduct, not only without public input, but
without public knowledge.

The effects of the restoration would be far reaching. If nothing
else, honest accountability to the Student Standards
of Conduct, would guarantee all stakeholders meaningful
participation in decision making that affects their interests.

Never the less, Brooks and the rest of the leadership of the
APS would rather keep this meeting secret from stakeholders.
They will do every thing that they can, to keep the meeting secret.

The decision to put the Role Modeling clause on the agenda
for the Policy Committee meeting was made almost two
weeks ago. Yet the agenda for the meeting is still not posted
on the district's website. It will be posted at the last possible
moment.

In what can only be described as journalistic malpractice,
the Journal refuses pre-coverage of this monumental decision.
The Journal will ignore its responsibilities and obligations
to fully inform its readers, about the meeting and the
decision that is about to be made.

The Journal did not report it, when the leadership of the
APS removed the Role Modeling clause in 2005, from the
Employee Standards of Conduct. And, they will not report
upon it, when the leadership of the APS decides not to put
it back in. They will not even report that the decision is
being made. link and link

They would have us believe that the question of whether
the leadership of the APS will find themselves accountable
as role models of the Student Standard of Conduct,
is not "newsworthy".

I for one, don't believe them. What I do believe is that the
Journal is acting in the selfish best interests of one of its
largest advertisers.

Shame on the Journal.