The BCSS Purpose Statement

Butts County School System’s purpose is to provide Learning and Life Experiences that Maximize the Individual Potential of All Students so they are Prepared for a Productive Future.

10 Core Commitments and Values:

• We will provide and expand effective growth experiences for all students in the “A.A.A.S.”— Academics, Fine Arts, Athletics, and Service.
• We will maximize the personal safety and well-being of all stakeholders who enter our facilities.
• We will model and exhibit a spirit of teamwork, professionalism, and collaboration in the quest of continuous improvement on behalf of our students and community.
• We will engage students, families, and community stakeholders as partners and teammates.
• We will model self-discipline in our duties as professionals, and we will discipline our students in a way that values their worth and dignity as human beings.
• We will recruit and retain highly-qualified staff members in the name of what is best for children.
• We will embrace fair accountability for all staff, students, and the community.
• We will respect and celebrate human diversity as a strength in our organization.
• We will faithfully maintain modern and effective facilities, equipment, technology, and data.
• We will be responsible stewards of community taxes and resources while putting the needs of children first.