Policy Committee meeting today at 5pm.

Tonight is the night when APS Superintendent Winston Brooks is supposed to clue the board in on "what their principles are". I kid you not.

In a previous policy committee meeting, the subject of board members accepting gratuities was discussed, link, David Peercy asked the administration; Brooks, to come up with some ideas on what the board's principles should be on the issue of accepting gratuities, etc.

The entire premise is ridiculous as the board is supposed to be guiding the administration, not the other way around. The board is charged with establishing the guiding principles for administering the APS.

On the agenda tonight, the ongoing revision of APS policies and procedures. Peercy claims that the overhaul of policies and procedures was ongoing even as early as last March. It is frankly indefensible, that the review should be taking so long and that so little progress has been made. I would argue that it is obvious that they are stalling, and that they are stalling mostly because they are trying to avoid a public discussion of standards and accountability. Among the policies and procedures under "review"; the role modeling clause.

The role modeling clause;

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

has been tabled since it was first placed on the table by David Robbins, last March, link.

Policy Committee Chair David Peercy will not discuss the fundamentally important issue, because he lacks the character and the courage to discuss the APS Student Standards of Conduct, and administrative and executive role modeling of those standards, openly and honestly.

I have asked repeatedly for anyone to suggest any reason except a lack of character and courage, for the refusal to discuss the issues candidly, forthrightly, and honestly. Neither Peercy, nor any other member of the leadership of the APS has been able to suggest any other reason at all.




photo Mark Bralley