APS Hypocrisy on Parade

The leadership of the APS does not call it a hypocrisy parade of course, they are calling it a Character Counts Parade. It will be held on October 19th at Tiquex Park.

The activity is for the only stakeholders that the leadership of the APS, still expects to model and promote the Pillars of Character Counts; elementary school students.

They have given up a middle and high school because parades don't work any more. Students are old enough and sophisticated enough that parades are no longer enough to get a them to commit to lead a life of accountability to a higher standard of conduct; to lead lives of courage and character and honor.

At this point in their lives they need examples to follow; they have seen too many adults who say one thing and then do another, to follow someone who isn't walking the talk.

Teachers are no longer required to walk the talk. They are required, by board policy, to teach students that their character counts. They are not required by board policy to show students what that looks like.

In their defense; most teachers don't know that their standard of conduct has been lowered. Most probably assume that board policy still says; in no case shall the standard of conduct for adults be lower than the standard for students. It doesn't.

That language was removed by the leadership of the APS in order to except themselves from accountability as role models of the student standard of conduct. They are no longer accountable to a standard of conduct that has the word ethical in it.

The leadership of the APS will not model accountability to the student standard of conduct. They cannot expect middle and high schools students to ignore their hypocrisy; so character no longer counts except for the youngest of students.

The salary equivalent of two or three teachers is paid to an administrator in charge of APS Character Counts. (link) I invite you to visit the site. Click on a few of the links and see what has been going on lately. Judge for yourself whether the person in charge would survive an honest accountability audit of the conduct and competence of the leadership of the APS.