I disagree entirely with that approach.
I'm guessing you've got some folks teaching online for the first time, they have a very strict view on their approach, and they don't do well with change. I'm also assuming they don't trust their students.
I just had one of my students contact me today that they finally got a piece of technology to work well enough to log in and get caught up. I focused on maximum flexibility and adaptability for my courses. Education is important but I'm not going to punish students who have work/family/health obligations.
My dean has given me full power to run the course as I see fit. I'm also coordinating with an adjunct and a first year full time faculty.
Definitely needs to be some understanding all the way around. The local school wlooks like they will be going with online stuff soon, after Trumps announcement. That means there will be three online students in my house and one teaching online. No way you can coordinate all that with all having different classes.