As a function of commercial real estate, Liberty Common School is a K–12 school operating across multiple campuses. The Plato and Aristotle campuses serve K–6th grade students, and a separate building serves 7th–12th grade students. A headmaster oversees all facets of the organization, and each campus has a dedicated administration team.
Most LCS school-wide policies are codified by the LCS Board of Directors and can be found in the Board of Directors’ Policies Manual. Understanding and embracing these policies is critical to any effort to replicate LCS, in whole or in part.
Many of these policies are redundantly presented in the parent handbooks to facilitate accessibility for faculty and families.
There are several organization-wide traditions unique to the school which maximizes student performance, and fidelity to the school’s mission and philosophy.
Surveys—Enticed by Liberty Common School’s leadership profile and perennial high achievement, many researchers, graduate students, dissertation writers, and government officials want to track our students, staff, and management practices. The school must necessarily waive these requests in order to sustain the operations to which our success can be credited. CLICK HERE to read the school’s operational policy on declining all surveys not mandated by statutory authority.
Student Data Privacy—Student privacy is a critical component of Liberty Common School’s operations, and the protection and management of the various types of student records and Personally Identifiable Information is critical. The school will not release student data unless the demanding organization or government agency presents the specific statute citing their authority to make such a demand. CLICK HERE to download LCS’s supporting documentation for rejecting an invasive request made by the Colorado Department of Education. CLICK HERE for the school’s Student Privacy webpage and Privacy Policy.
Charity—Student-activity groups routinely request use of school resources for organizing the collection and donation of goods to external associations purporting to serve people in need. LCS’s organizational policy on selecting deserving charities is based upon Robert D. Lupton’s theory of Toxic Charity, as presented in his book Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help. Worthy charities entail actual contact with charity recipients, human-emotional exchange between giver and receiver that include opportunities for displays of justice and gratitude, opportunities for students to learn life lessons, and measurable achievement of desired outcomes.
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Student Discipline
A primary function of administrators serving in principal or assistant principal roles is student discipline. At Liberty, discipline events are taken seriously, and represent an opportunity for character development. CLICK HERE to read how the school’s character-education program informs the discipline process.
Liberty Common School—K–6 Administration
Liberty Common School’s K-6-grade Plato and Aristotle Campuses are each led by a principal and assistant principal. These campuses are governed by the policies of the Board of Director’s Policies Manual, and the policies unique to the K-6 campuses are housed in the school’s Parent Handbook. Every policy was created with dutiful consideration and intention and is critical to sustaining the school’s high performance. The Parent Handbook, in its entirety, is embraced by all faculty and enforced by leadership. The Parent Handbook should be meticulously read and comprehended by individuals serious about replicating Liberty’s K-6 success.
Liberty Common School—7th–12th-grade Administration
Liberty Common High School is led by an administration team consisting of a principal, two assistant principals, and an athletic director. The high-school campus is governed by the policies of the Board of Director’s Policies Manual, and the policies unique to the high school are housed in the Student Parent Handbook. Much of Liberty Common High School’s perennial academic success is attributable to the intentional, focused creation of these policies in alignment with the school’s philosophy, and their assiduous enforcement by leadership.