I. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
	II. MISSION STATEMENT
	II. A. Our Schools Equip Children for Adulthood
	II. B. Our Schools Address the Needs of Individual Students
	II. C. Our Schools Are Community Schools
	II. D. Our Schools Are Committed to Success

I. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
Knowledge and learning, generally diffused throughout a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government; it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means, moral, intellectual, scientific, and agricultural improvement; and to provide, by law, for a general and uniform system of Common Schools, wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally open to all.
SOURCE: Constitution of Indiana, Art. VIII, Section 2.
[This section was adopted as part of the Constitution of 1851 establishing a free and uniform system of public schools.]

II. MISSION STATEMENT
The primary mission of the Board of School Trustees, School City of Hobart, is to continually provide effective community schools.

A. Our Schools Equip Children for Adulthood
Effective Community Schools adequately equip young people for adulthood in the 21st century. Our students must be prepared both for employment and for day-to-day living in a complicated and rapidly changing world. This necessitates that our schools provide students with the intellectual tools necessary for life-long learning. Among these tools must be: skills to facilitate participation in a democracy, communication skills, critical thinking, and other flexible learning skills as well as the ability to work both individually and in a team situation. It is expected that these skills be developed through all curricular areas.

B. Our Schools Address the Needs of Individual Students
Effective Community Schools address the needs of individual students and focus on individual development. Students bring to the schools a great diversity of interest, aptitudes, motivations and learning styles. Our schools must be able to address this diversity by identifying individual needs, responding with appropriate teaching strategies, flexibly meeting these needs and recognizing each individual student's ability to contribute to the school community.

C. Our Schools Are Community Schools
Effective Community Schools are necessary to a healthy community. Our schools must always recognize their affirmative duty to the entire community, including families, government, business and industry, other institutions, civic groups and individual citizens. Our schools must draw from the strengths of this community to identify and accomplish their goals.

D. Our Schools Are Committed to Success
Effective Community Schools fully utilize the resources of the entire school community (administration, teachers, support personnel, families and students) in all aspects of school life. Our schools cannot succeed without the committed involvement of all.