Who Knew? Board Members And Parents Degrade Administrators!

A little Kenny Rogers and Dottie West music to set the mood:

"I can't remember when you weren't there
When I didn't care for anyone but you
I swear we've been through everything there is
Can't imagine anything we've missed
Can't imagine anything the two of us can't do"

It appears that through the years, the Board has been mean to administrators, right along with the parents. It says so right here in section F, paragraph 3:

"Dr. Miliziano told the group that throughout the years, HASA administrators have sometimes felt they were not treated well by parents and/or the School Board members when they were brought before them for expulsions, grievances, etc. Tom Gonzalez, John Miliziano, Buddy Raburn and School Board members met and Carol Kurdell agreed to inservice the School Board members on grievance procedures and previous policies governing these types of meetings. Mr. Gonzalez would not agree, however, to limiting parents from being slanderous during their three minutes. It was agreed that
School Board members should thank speakers and not ask additional questions, opening the door to further degradation. It was also suggested that a Level III hearing not be held behind closed doors but be held in front of the School Board to
limit unnecessary and/or slanderous discussion. Mrs. Tuggle suggested that if opportunities present, thank School Board members for listening to HASA’s concerns regarding these issues."

I get the idea that this HASA Board is missing a couple of things, one being thick skin and the other a basic understanding of the First amendment and how it is wielded in areas outside of a non-burning movie theatre.

I haven't kept count, but I think this is the third mention in the HASA minutes on how HASA can shut the public up. An added gem to these minutes is that apparently, they want to shut the Board up, too.

Administrators can pop toes in an isolated room with same-sex students and suspend disabled kids for telling the truth about their teacher having sex with another student, but we must all keep it quiet.

If my recollection is correct, the last Board Chair authored her own edict of censure, and brought in the Board police to enforce it. I think I have written before that what should be the most alarming to all is the ignorance that abounds. What may seem to some as a sand lot stuggle for power is so embedded in a pitiful ignorance of a more worldly view. It is not even laughable.

Perhaps the HASA board would benefit by an in-service about the first amendment so they can quit hounding Mr. Gonzalez. How many times do they have be told that they just can't shut the public up?

What would be interesting to find out is what is the comprehension rate HASA has on the context of the speakers who include those mean spirited and "slanderous statements." Another interesting study would be to ascertain the amount of effort that is put into defending a guilty administrator simply because the Board or the public were saying mean things. We only need to look as far as our Federal government to see how they protect their own in face of overwhelming wrong doing.

What roots my split hairs is how HASA has the audacity to suggest that the Board not incite the public speakers any further by asking questions. The public should be upset about this like a scarecrow is that had a bale of hay knocked out of him. Why doesn't HASA ask the public do not ask the Board any more questions, so the Board doesn't have more opportunities to be mean to the defenseless HASA members?