Month: March 2026
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Few changes in ESSA designations for Liberty
The New York State Education Department recently released accountability designations for all public school districts as required under the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). A few changes were noted. According to the New York State Education Department: The designations are in effect for the 2025-26 school year based on 2024-25 data. For more information…
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Grant to help Liberty students facing housing insecurity featured in radio interview
Liberty Central School District recently received a $525,000 three-year grant to help our students who are experiencing housing insecurity. The grant is part of the New York State Education Department’s distribution of $8 million in federal funding to educational institutions through the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act. WJFF and Radio Catskill interviewed Liberty CSD Director of Student…
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Construction work on maintenance building begins
The district was just notified that the initial construction work for the maintenance building will begin today, March 12. As stated the Feb. 2 communication, the walkway behind the district office from Winthrop Avenue to the high school will be closed. The softball field will not be impacted by the work. However, the Winthrop Avenue…
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Liberty seeking Request for Proposals for UPK
Liberty Central School District is seeking for request for proposal for its Universal Pre-Kindergarten program. Below is the request for proposals, outlining details of the program: Request for Proposal of #UPK2026-2027 For universal Pre-K Kindergarten services 2026-27 Proposal Due Date: Friday, March 27, 2026, 2 p.m. Proposals must be received no later than the above…
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Teacher brings childhood Winter Olympics learning tradition to LMS
History, mathematics and global learning were brought to life for fifth and sixth grade students at Liberty Middle School by continuing a meaningful classroom tradition introduced nearly three decades ago during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. When LMS math teacher Miss Danielle Cummins was a fifth-grade student at Duggan Elementary School in the…
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More than 200 named to LHS honor rolls
The following students were named to the second-marking period honor rolls at Liberty High School. High Honor Roll students must have attained a marking period average of 90 or better and have no failing or incomplete grades. Honor Roll students must have attained a marking period average of 85 or better and have no failing…
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Seniors take Color Wars 2026 title
The senior class emerged victorious in the 2026 edition of the Color Wars, earning the most points through a series of events including Liberty Pride Fridays, snack wars, winter spirit week, Halloween door decorating and the Color Wars hallway decorating and spirit week contests last week. The seniors, in purple, earned 275 points, including winning…
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Girls qualify for states in 4×200 relay and pole vault
Members of the Liberty High School indoor track and field team competed at the State Qualifiers on Saturday, Feb. 28. They set new personal records, school records and had a few people make it to the State Championship Meet coming up on Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in…
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Sports schedule, and results, for the week of March 2-8, 2026
The final event of the winter athletics season will be this weekend with the indoor indoor track and field state championships. Here are the schedule and results, if available. Livestream links are included where available. The schedule is subject to change. Check the Liberty schedule on the Section IX website for the latest. Monday-Thursday, March…