The Vigo County School Corporation is committed to a policy of educating all its students for a living by helping them to develop an awareness and appreciation for the achievements, problems, and aspirations of all people in a culturally diverse society.

The School Corporation shall help children from all walks of life to gain the knowledge, skills, and determination that will enable them to reach their highest potential and contribute to the welfare of all people.

The School Corporation shall establish and maintain an atmosphere in which all persons can develop attitudes and skills for effective, cooperative living, including:

A. Respect for the individual, regardless of economic status, intellectual ability,

race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, or disability.

B. Respect for cultural differences.

C. Respect for economic, political, and social rights of others.

D. Respect for the rights of others to seek and maintain their own identities.

The School Corporation shall continue to promote good human relations by removing all vestiges of prejudice and discrimination in employment, assignment, and promotion of personnel; in location and use of facilities; in curriculum development and instructional materials; and in the availability of programs for its students. To ignore such concern is morally wrong, economically wasteful, and socially dangerous. The School Corporation shall continue to re-examine thoroughly all parts of the curriculum to make sure that it emphasizes positive human relationships. The instructional materials used in the schools must accurately portray the history, contributions, and culture of the various ethnic groups in our society. Children from minority groups must be helped to establish their identity with their own groups as well as with the total society.

It is essential that staff, students, parents, and citizens become more aware of human relations concerns in school and community. The Administration of the School Corporation shall develop programs which will increase the awareness of students, parents, and citizens of the cultural diversity of others and to further programs which will humanize the classroom.

The School Corporation shall continue to re-examine its policies and procedures to determine their effect on individual and group behavior and to make whatever changes are necessary to improve human relations.
 
 

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The School Corporation shall continue to take affirmative action to make opportunities for employment and promotion available to every individual solely on the basis of qualifications and without regard to sex, age, disability, race, color, creed, or national origin.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Adoption Date: August 26, 1976; Revised: March 11, 1996

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