THE DISTRICT

The Liberty School District is located in south Spokane County in Eastern Washington State. It encompasses approximately 300 square miles. The district was formed in 1960 through the consolidation of the Fairfield and Spangle School Districts, each of which had previously consolidated several small school districts. The district includes six separate communities: Fairfield, Latah, Plaza, Spangle, Mt. Hope, and Waverly. The original Liberty School District was built at the time when the Palouse Region was first being settled. In order to preserve a bit of history, the new Liberty district assumed not only the old name, but also the original site of the old school. This location also places the present school campus near the geographic
center of the district.

The district borders Spokane School District to the north, Cheney to the west, Tekoa and Rosalia to the south, and Freeman and the state of Idaho to the east. The southern portion of the district is largely prime agricultural land, with some scab land and pine forests. The District's economy is largely dependent on agriculture and food processing. Major crops include wheat, barley, peas, lentils, and grass. New housing developments are occurring along the northern portion of the district near the City of Spokane. It is anticipated that an accompanying population growth will occur in the future throughout this area.


                                                     SCHOOLS

The Liberty School District serves approximately 480 students with about 310 students enrolled in the Liberty Elementary and Junior High School and 170 enrolled at Liberty High School. The schools are noted for small class sizes with highly qualified teachers and a tremendous support staff. Liberty School District stresses a solid education in the basics, but also offers a special focus on such subjects as Spanish, math and science (including honors level courses), physical education, reading/language arts, and technology. Liberty Schools are proud of the academic efforts and high personal accomplishments achieved by our students.

The district owns and maintains a large fleet of buses for safe
transportation of students to and from school and extracurricular activities. The district offers a school food program which serves hot lunches in both school buildings and breakfast in the elementary and junior high building throughout the school year.