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The Purpose of Education
The purpose of education in the Anderson Community School Corporation is to create an environment which develops, nurtures, and reinforces the success of all people served by the corporation. Further, through the shared involvement of home, community, and school, our purpose is to prepare each student to think, reason, and participate in a diverse, global society as a lifelong self-directed learner.

Mission
The mission of the Anderson Community School Corporation is to develop and provide knowledge work that engages all students, resulting in maximum opportunities after graduation.

Commitments and Principles

• All school employees continually seek ways to collaborate with families, other child and youth serving agencies, and the community to provide the programs, services, support, and environment necessary for all students to be successful.
• The school corporation welcomes and seeks the participation and opinions of employees, parents, and community members and will continually seek better ways to listen and inform.
• The school corporation works with the community in determining and addressing its needs for lifelong learning opportunities.
• The school corporation provides a work environment in which open communication, risk-taking, and innovation are encouraged, and concerns and problems are addressed quickly.
• The school corporation is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, national origin, or limited English proficiency.
• Decisions are made in a participatory manner and as close as possible to the point of implementation.
• Decisions are made consistent with the purpose, mission, and beliefs that guide the school corporation, and are based on an evaluation of results produced, utilizing a predetermined basis of method and involvement.
• The purpose, mission, and beliefs that officially guide the corporation constitute the standards against which all decisions will be evaluated, and all decision-making groups in the corporation are expected to apply these standards in judging the merit and worth of the decisions they make.