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cateyesI understand what you are saying about the teachers but this situation is no different for me as a social worker. I clearly understood what it meant when I was told in Graduate school that it is not appropriate for me to discuss my religion with my clients since they come from all backgrounds and I never did nor did I display any religious articles in my office. I never even considered doing that. The agencies that I worked in never had a "policy" directly related to my conduct it that area, it was part of the ethical responsibility of my licensure and to my clients or the population that I served. I didn't need every employer to tell me how to act in that regard and to be honest I don't think it's a large portion of the teachers that are scratching their heads. It's a few teachers who still want to find some way to include their religion inspite of the laws that prevent that.There are gray areas for instance when people ask you about what you believe in, etc. but there are (as I pointed out) numerous places to go to get ideas about appropriate ways to handle this. And as I said earlier keeping an awareness that these things exist makes you less likely to do something before you've checked it out with a colleague or superior.I will agree that the previous administration should have done a better job of documenting what complaints/concerns they were receiving about John Freshwater so that the situation could have been handled more appropriately. And those quidelines not only need to be more clear to staff but also consistently carried out by the administrators of our school system. You are right that no district can be free of potential lawsuits, however, when something is brought to their attention (like the thought that there may be a problem with graduations at the KCCC) the Board and Administration, instead of poo-pooing the comment should research to be sure that they are doing everything that they need to do to prevent it from becoming a hot bed for a lawsuit. It's easy to accept something just because its always been that way, its another thing to be responsible and check up on it to be sure that its also the right thing.
How did the now, board handle, I can't remember his name, the superintent that was fired. And was still paid something like $160,000 a year, plus all his benefits, for a year and half or two years?
cateyesWe are on the same page!Ditto!
Hey, Seabiscut....just wanted to say...I have enjoyed our debate..and the respect you have shown for my and others opinons...may we continue the same in the future..which I am sure is going to bring much more to debate!!Oh and I say this even tho it seems we are on the same page about this issue.
