Mr. Clark's Moral Standards At Eastside High School

After looking over the Hoover High School code of conduct, there is one rule that I think is not justified. This rule is 3.15, assault upon a student or other person.

When Mr. Clark originally taught at Eastside High School, the culture seemed very competitive and full of high standards. The students seemed very eager to learn and at a pretty high level for their age. Twenty years later, the culture flips dramatically. The school quickly goes from pristine to a graffiti-infested playground. The teachers are the prey and the students (mainly the ‘hoodlums’) pretty much do as they please. Education is a small goal for any of the students, and the students that do want to do well fear those “hoodlums.” Mr. Clark identifies this immediately when returning to Eastside High. During his first assembly, Mr. Clark let the entire school know that he was the HNIC. He gathered up all the trouble makers and sent them home, expelling them from school. Most were drug dealers, 5th year students, or drug abusers that were dulling the spark of the other students.

The students all took a practice test and only thirty-three percent of the students have passed and the states minimum average is seventy-five percent. Throughout the school year, the students work effortlessly with Mr. Clark along with their school teachers prepare for the real test. Mr. Clark’s crazy and wild antics start to get to the students and they begin to respect him even more for it. They begin to see that he is only doing this with all of their best interests in mind. One of the students who was expelled’s mother complained about the way Mr. Clark ran things at his school and got the mayor involved. After Mr. Clark is found with the chains on the door, which is illegal and a fire safety hazard, and was arrested. All of the students came down to the Board of Education in Paterson and basically protested and ranted on how they wanted Mr. Clark to be released and return to his duties as principal. Eastside High’s assistant principal Mrs. Barrett claims that Mr. Clark was not the right choice to serve as principal of Eastside. But the students all say in rebuttal how Mr. Clark cares for them like no other and how he has done so much good for them that they will not accept anyone besides Mr. Clark. Soon after, Mr. Clark was released and good news was received. More than enough students

Clark continues to empower and motivate the students with- “You are NOT inferior! [pause] Your grades may be. [pause] You school may have been. [pause] But YOU can turn that around and make liars out of those bastards in exactly one hour when you take that test and pass it and WIN!” Not only his words, but his voice inflections are inspiring. The use of foul language in his speech proves to the students that he does not view them as children, but as young men and women that can handle such language and honesty. This was not a speech read from an outline; Clark spoke from the heart with stern honesty. He had already won over the school which provided

Clark frequently uses his position as school principal to convince the students and teachers to work hard. In his first speech, he starts it by telling the students to behave and put down their cigarettes. This would establish his authority as the principal. His audience would then listen to him more because he has established his authority as the head of the school, which is someone that everyone would respect and obey. Clark also uses ethos when he instructs the teachers to set up extra reading courses on Saturday. When a teacher asks how that will be done, Clark instructs them to come in to the student’s homes and get their parents to let their children come, or even come with them. By solving the problem and giving a clear plan of what to do, Clark would show he is someone who knows what he is doing. People usually follow the instructions of qualified people, and the Eastside High teachers and students are no different. They would listen to Clark’s calls on what to do and to work harder because they know he sees the big picture and knows what everyone should do. Finally, Clark throughout all his speeches frequently brings up the fact that the students will end up failing and locked out of the American dream if they do not put in effort to succeed. In those moments, Clark shows that he is someone who knows a lot about life. A person who has experience about life choices would be a person that people would listen to for advice on decisions and

We were told to let them talk, debate, etc. and while they warned that discussions could be emotional, we were cautioned to ‘keep it clean,’ meaning have legitimate, open dialogue, but do not let it turn into something not appropriate for the classroom (language, threats, etc.)” And this is where the Hazelwood School District got right. For school districts that surrounded the Ferguson area, the Michael Brown shooting was something that was supposed to be kept out of the classroom. Principals didn’t want students to be distracted from their learning by talking about something that happened outside of the classroom environment, but did the administration honestly believe that student’s we’re just going to let this one go? Of course not! This is where the actions of the teachers and administrators became crucial. For the students, they believed that they were getting the chance to express their thoughts and feelings about the situation that was happening, but what they didn’t necessarily notice, was that the teachers were turning this into a learning experience! That’s where Hazelwood got it right. Around this time, The New York Times published an article entitled, “The Death Of Michael Brown: Teaching About Ferguson.” The author of this article

A new superintendent in an urban school district believes educators are trained to run schools and should do so with the least amount of interference possible. For this reason, an ethical crisis arises when the district decides whether or not to close a local high school. While public relations officers want district administration to be as transparent as possible to remain honest and open, the superintendent and other schoolboard members want to hold meetings with no media present. This facts of this case will become clear through explication.

Fred Doyle, a licensed educator, taught for Mount Healthy City Schools from 1966 to 1971. Fred Doyle was an educator that had numerous altercations with faculty and students while teaching for Mount Healthy City Schools. The altercations included verbal arguments resulting in Doyle being assaulted, verbally referring to students with offensive language, making indecent gestures to students, and sharing a dress code memo cited from Doyle’s administrator on an on-air radio station. Soon after the on-air radio news, Doyle learned that the Board approved the Superintendent of Mount Healthy City Schools recommendation of not renewing his teaching contract. The explanation was due to the “ lack of tact in handling professional matters” in reference to the indecent gestures and the on-air radio show incidents. Doyle brought suit to the Mount Healthy City Board of Education to be rehired and granted punitive damages due to the violation of his rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

The story of the Columbine shooters, particularly Eric Harris, illustrates how public schooling can serve as an example in which allowing an excessive amount of freedom can have ill effects on others around them. He was fond of writing disturbing stores in his creative writing classes, and these writings were products of his malicious, but unique, character. Had the school system enforced conformity more strongly, there may have been an opportunity to alter Harris’ course of action.

Perhaps the most unsettling thing about Bell v. Itawamba County School Board, regardless of the final decision in favor of Bell, is the shockingly little attention the courts gave to the allegations made in the song. However, it is fairly reasonable that the court did not address the misconduct, as it was not the action in question. Perhaps a more unsettling aspect of this case is the lack of school response to the allegations made about the coaches. Bell’s reasons for writing the song, as expressed in his testimony, were the complaints he had heard from female students at the school that they had been sexually harassed by the two coaches. Bell claimed that the reason he wrote a song rather than presenting this problem to administration was

As school leaders, we have to hold the public trust and so ethics are such an important part what we do in our school. I think there are a few simple rules and one of them is always to think about what is the best benefit for our students. Our ultimate goal is to provide a safe learning environment where students are willing to learn and improve. If we keep this in our mind, we can hardly go wrong with an ethical question that we face. Ethical challenges need to be confronted with courage and compassion for those who would be impacted by difficult decisions. School leaders are responsible for setting the examples that others would wish to follow.

The chapter opens with a case—Robert F. Kennedy High School—depicting the many problems facing David King, the new principal of a deeply troubled urban high school. A school that opened with high hopes only a few years ago now finds itself mired in conflict and dissatisfaction. King’s first meeting with his new administrative staff produces a blow-up in which a male housemaster physically threatens the chair of the English department. By the end of the case, the situation feels overwhelming. Is there hope? The authors follow

Cleaning up the school, tearing the cages down in the cafeteria, and teaching the school song on demand is only of the few thing he is showing these kids that they have a bright future and the can succeed with just a few pushes and they will be set for life. He kicked out the older kids from school so that the kids who actually belong in that school can actually get and education and can succeed. The reader like me and you can tell that Joe Clark cares as a principle and a friend at the school is he truly care as a person and talks to his students like a human being. Louisa Diaz wished to be in shop instead of a cooking class sense she has been cooking since she was eleven.

The next toxic leader to be discussed was the parish priest at my children’s parochial school. The priest did not support having a school at his parish. Each year was a renewed fight between the parents of the school and the parish priest to keep the doors open. One year he used the aging fire system as a reason to close the school. The parents rallied and financed the replacement of the entire system. Another year he adjusted the teacher’s salaries to be competitive with public school. Most of the teachers were content with their salaries since the majority were retired teachers pulling a pension. They taught at the school because they loved to teach. Salaries jumped from $24 thousand a year to over $60 thousand a year mid school year.

Although he had a failed marriage and have problems at work. When he was sent to a new school to take charge of headmaster. Although the students in the school always skip classes and drug trafficking. He still adhere to change them. He frame a constitution of prohibiting. However, the people who support him were attacked by bad students. Joe Clark felt annoyed. He insist on doing it.