Promoting academic excellence in Darien Public Schools through transparency & engagement.

What We Believe

• Darien Public Schools’ primary goal should be promoting academic excellence for its students

• Parents and caretakers have a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education and care of their children

• Parents and caretakers have the right to know what their children are being taught, who is teaching them, and which organizations/individuals are receiving school contracts and taxpayer funding

• Parents and caretakers are their children’s first and foremost educators and have primary responsibility for the education of their children

• Darien schools should be apolitical: The Administration should only be promoting curriculum aligned with the community’s values and beliefs

• Children’s privacy is sacred: their personal data should not be collected, shared, and sold to third parties without parental or caretaker consent

• "Preventative" programs in schools should be clearly distinguished from medical care to avoid unnecessary and potentially harmful interventions in young learners