Another step the board can take is to make clear the conduct it expects the staff to maintain wiht in and outside the academic environment. Some of the problems that need to be resolved in doing so are suggested by the following questions: How does the board expect the staff to deal with controversial issues? Does the board feel responsible for institutionalizing the basic moral and intellectual commitments inherent in a democracy? Does the board perceive development of curriculum as a professional task? If the board is committed to this principle, does it resist pressures to leminate certain textbooks? does it resist attempts to change those parts of teh curriculum not approved by the professional staff? Does the board support the principle that a teacher outside the classroom has no less freedom than any other citizen? Does it support freedom to express one's convictions on political, economic, and religious subjects? These and other issues call for policies by the board of education that will safeguard personnel in their responsibilities as teachers and citizens.