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I COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the public schools have an important role in inculcating basic values and serve as places where the fundamental values necessary to the maintenance of a democratic political system and the shared values of a civilized social order (ethics) are conveyed; and 1 WHEREAS, the importance of this values and ethics inculcating function has increased dramatically in recent years because of the rapidly diminishing role of the home and church in 1 shaping the character and value judgements of young people, and WHEREAS, there is concern that the public schools are not adequately fulfilling this enhanced responsibility, that the schools neither reflect nor support the values and ethics held by ffi taxpayers, and that the schools are not exerting a sufficiently positive moral influence on young people, and WHEREAS, the failure of the public schools to carry out fully this values and ethics mission will result inevitably in a fundamentally insoluble values and ethics crisis at the very core of contemporary society when today's young people become adults, and cast society irremediably adrift, and 1 WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the Board of Education to begin in a dialogue on values and ethics issues with schools communities in order to define and implement the values and ethics mculcating role of the public schools in contemporary society NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it requests the Board of Education to establish a program to define and implement I the values and ethics inculcating role of the public schools in contemporary society I BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii transmit copies of this Resolution to Mitsugi Nakashima, the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Herman Aizawa, the Superintendent of the Board of Education, Robert Fox, Hawaii Board Member, and Patricia Bergin, Hawaii District Superintendent Dated Hilo, Hawaii, this day of , 1996 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII ROLL CALL VOTE COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX I Hilo, Hawaii Arakaki Bonk- Abramson I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the Childs De vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of Luna nun the County of Hawau on Do go Osono Rath ATTEST: Ray Smith Reference C- 117 /HS&PWC 1 COUNTY CLERK CHAIRMAN & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 323 96 - - ---- I