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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree completely.  This went way beyond Nancy's insult to a peer. As a voter and APS parent, I want to know, I want others to know, and I want to be able to discuss with them APS policy and SB members' thought process on same and APS SB members' professional interactions.  All of that is perfectly legitimate for the AEM FB group and Nancy's outburst related to both.  And I'm not looking for an apology from Nancy; I am looking for her to put her own personal interests behind the thousands of children she makes decisions on behalf of and for her to act like the professional she supposedly is.[/quote]

This isn't about her personal relationship with another SB member.  It's about her [b]inability to separate her personal bias from her policy making (and her general instability and lack of professionalism in expressing a rather extreme position)[/b].  She is in a position of public trust and I think it's important for the community to be aware of how she operates.[/quote]

Okay, these are fair points and I agree with them. I just don't know that AEM is an appropriate forum for such comments. Mostly because I think that until you witness, IRL, or have it directed at you personally, you might not "get it." Not here, but elsewhere I've seen people who don't love the "victim" in this case sort of insinuate that he had it coming, and they'd say the same thing. I could not disagree more strongly, because I don't think any colleague deserves such treatment for ANY reason. Also, I have been both a personal witness to and the recipient of this exact treatment from her, the shouting/belittling, when she is challenged. I think the AEM moderators have NO idea what it feels like to be on the receiving end of this treatment. And I'm not sure whether the general audience can appreciate, from a FB post, the reality. Maybe I'm wrong, I hope people do understand that this is not an isolated incident. But I'm worried that now it seems as if people with an axe to grind are just going at her unfairly, because the Lander thing opened up a floodgate. Honestly, had I not had the encounter I had with her, I might think that. I worry that by bringing it there, it will backfire and make her seem sympathetic. 
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