Mission Statement

District Mission

Guilford County students will graduate as responsible citizens prepared to succeed in higher education, or in the career of their choice.

District Core Values

The Board in partnership with parents and community members wants to share these district core values in order to strengthen our schools and improve the quality of life for all of our citizens.

Diversity.  We are committed to creating an educational organization where a variety of persons and perspectives are welcome. We are committed to providing an environment where students and staff from all cultures and backgrounds may succeed.

Empathy.   We are committed to developing a culture where our employees identify with and understand the feelings of our students and parents and their colleagues. 

Equality.  We are committed to creating a school system where everyone is appreciated and judged based solely on their contributions and performance. Through the work of this institution, we will create awareness of and develop strategies to understand and eradicate prejudice, discrimination and racism on the individual and organizational level.

Innovativeness.  We are committed to fostering a work environment where the goal is not to manage innovations, but to become innovative. Problems are identified, ownership of those problems is assumed by the adults in the district, and everyone works together as agents of the solution until the problems are solved. We will not stop until obstacles are removed, solutions found and clear and compelling goals are established.

Integrity.  We are committed to creating a school district that acts with honesty and forthrightness, holding ourselves to high academic and ethical standards, and dealing with everyone with respect.

Thematic Goals

Beneath each of these thematic goals are major strategic goals that support them. Within each of these strategic goals, we will continue to use the Balanced Scorecard to be explicit about how to measure what needs to be achieved.

• Beginning with the 2006-07 school year, all entering kindergarten students will read at or above grade level by the end of the third grade—end of the 2009-10 school year.
• By the end of the 2008-09 school year, the math achievement gap would be eliminated for 2006-07 sixth graders; while overall math achievement scores would have increased for middle school students.
• All rising ninth grade students, 2006-07 school year, will graduate from high school in four years—completing a relevant and rigorous curriculum.