The School Board recognizes that it has responsibility for educating all students in the Corporation who are capable of learning, regardless of their abilities, race, color, national origin or creed. It recognizes that the entire person comes to school, and that the school cannot well ignore his/her health, character, and total personality development. However, it also recognizes that the school cannot assume complete responsibility for the total development of the student. This responsibility must be shared by the home, the church, and the total community with its various organizations and environmental conditions.

The Board recognizes that the school is but one of several institutions in our society and community responsible for the educational development of our students, and that the primary responsibility of the school should be the achievement of those educational goals which are primarily those of the school and for which the other institutions of our society and community do not assume major responsibility.

The Board believes that the most important educational task assigned to the school is that of working toward the maximum intellectual and affective development of students in an atmosphere that recognizes the uniqueness of the individual and provides nurture and humane treatment. Therefore, this Corporation will concentrate its resources toward the development of an educational program to discharge this most important responsibility.

The Board believes that the home, the church, and the total community must assume major responsibility for some aspects of each student's development. The Board recognizes, however, that if the education of its students is to be complete, the educational tasks of other community institutions must be supported and reinforced. Thus, the Corporation shall assume shared responsibility for the physical development, social-emotional development and ethical-moral development of its students.