There has been plenty of activity in the comments recently and discussion about whether or not the board had justifiable reason to proceed with their actions of putting Dr. Williams on administrative leave. I just wonder if people are familiar with how the four board members have broken policy in their actions as well. As many have asked, who do they report to when they’ve acted wrongly?
The following information is from the Indiana School Board Assocation Code of Ethics
A School Board member should honor the high responsibility which his membership demands:
BY thinking always in terms of “children first.”
BY understanding that the basic function of the school board member is “policy-making” and not “administrative,”.
BY refusing to “play politics” in either the traditional partisan, or in any petty sense.
BY representing at all times the entire school community.
A School Board member should respect his relationships with other members of the Board:
BY refusing to make statements or promises as to how he will vote on any matter which should properly come before the board as a whole.
BY making decisions only after all facts bearing on a question have been presented and discussed.
BY refusing to participate in irregular meetings such as “secret” or “star chamber” meetings, which are not official and which all members do not have the opportunity to attend.
A School Board member should meet his responsibilities to his community:
BY regarding it as a major responsibility of the board to interpret the aims and the methods of the schools to the community.
BY insisting that all school business transactions be on an open, ethical and above-board basis.
BY refusing to use his position on a school board in any way whatsoever for personal gain or personal prestige.
BY refusing to discuss personnel matters or any other confidential business of the board in his home, on the street or in his office.
BY winning the community’s confidence that all is being done in the best interests of school children
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