INSTRUCTION 6000

The Purpose of Education in Manchester Public Schools

Statement of Purpose

The purpose of education is--in full partnership with the family and community--to help each individual discover, develop and enjoy their own potential as a unique, rational, creative human being, able and willing to sustain personal well-being and to contribute to the well-being of others. At the same time, it is expected that each individual understands that his/her freedom to develop personal values and realize individual aspirations depends upon his/her discipline to respect the values, rights and aspirations of others as individuals and in society as a whole.

Adopted: September 10, 1973
Revised: November 9, 1987