APS Policy Committee Chair David Peercy is obfuscating the issue.

On the table; the Role Modeling clause;

In no case shall the standard of conduct for an adult,
be lower than the standard of conduct for students.

David Peercy would like to discuss
that issue and a whole bunch of other
issues all at once.

He wants to discuss all policies and
all related procedural directives
at the same time.

It makes a modicum of sense;
you can't change one policy or
procedure without considering
the affect that change might have
on other polices and directives.

But

Whether there will be a Role Modeling clause in the standards
of conduct for adults, is not really an issue at all. It is a given.
It is a fundamental premise.

And if there is any confusion at all, about that fundamental
premise, then let's iron out that confusion in a meeting
that focuses solely on the most important issue in education.

There is no reason to clutter that discussion with discussion
of any other issue at all.
Except to obfuscate that discussion.

And when Peercy's boggle about role modeling is resolved,
if he finds he needs to discuss lowering the student standards
of conduct, to accommodate any lack of character and courage
in the leadership of the APS,

I would suggest that, that meeting too,
be a meeting to debate a single issue.




photo Mark Bralley