Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Employee Off Duty Conduct and Morality

I will go to every school board meeting from now through the end of the school year and request during open forum that I submit all planned future web updates to my site to the board for review, to ensure that anything I post on my personal website is in compliance with the school district's off duty internet use policy. I will demand that the board read thoroughly any new blog entires and hyperlinks to other sites prior to me making them available to the web for public viewing. I will continue to do this every week for the rest of the year. I will request that the board review all content since they are refusing to give a clear, concise definition of what "immoral" is. Without a clear definition, I will never know if my content is moral, so I feel it is in the best interest of the board, the district, and myself if the board preapproves all of my blog entries and links for morality. In addition, the board agrees to read the entire contents of any site that I link to in an effort to ensure morality in their content as well.
I am also requesting a board member or district representative act as my chaperone for all of my off duty activites, including driving to and from work, running errands, attending concerts, volunteering at the homeless shelter, visits spent with family, and time spent at home, to ensure that my off duty behavior is also in compliance with our currently undefined morality code. Failure to provide me with a chaperone OR failure to clearly define "immoral" will result in the district conceding that any activity I participate in outside of the confines of the school day or school buidings (essentially, any off duty conduct) is moral by default and cannot be cited for disciplinary reasons in the future.

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