Liberal USD 480

Over Labor Day weekend, Liberal High School swimmer Brooklyn Quint traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to compete in the prestigious Jimi Flowers Classic, an international sw...

The governing body of Unified School District 480 will meet on the 8th day of September 2025 at 6:30 PM at LHS East Annex Room c107, Liberal, KS 67901 for the purpose of hearing a...

The time has come, once again, to nominate your favorite USD 480 teacher for Teacher of the Year. Nominations will be accepted until September 21, 2025. Teachers may be nominat...

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Application for FREE or REDUCED lunches will not be available online until July 16, 2025

Application for FREE or REDUCED lunches will not be available online until July 16, 2025.

New Student Enrollment Information

The highlight of the Board of Education meeting on Monday, May 5, 2025, was a performance from students at Cottonwood Elementary. They sang one of the songs from their performanc...

On Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025, Liberal High School honored this year’s graduates with “Decision Day 2025.” All graduating seniors had an opportunity to share their post-graduation pl...

On Wednesday evening, April 23, the Liberal Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual LHS Scholarship Banquet at the Seward County Activity Center. After a meal catered by Big Bites,...

Two hundred Kansas high school seniors have been honored as 2025 Kansas Career and Technical Education (CTE) Scholars, as announced during the Kansas State Board of Education mee...

5th Grade Ambassadors Showcase New Program at "Good Things" BOE Presentation Ont Monday, March 10th, Meadowlark Elementary 5th Grade Ambassadors presented a truly exciting new ...

Cottonwood Elementary recently hosted its highly anticipated Annual Archery Competition on March 6th, 2025, bringing together young archers from three surrounding schools—MacArthu...

USD 480 and the Liberal Community; It is my honor to be named your Superintendent. I am an educator with 26 years of experience. I have worked at all campus levels pe...

Congratulations to Paul Fisher & USD480 in Liberal, Kansas! Liberal will be ready to roll with brand-new skateboarding equipment, bringing creativity, confidence, and movement ...

Liberal High School’s entrepreneur students have worked hard to prepare for Market Day, which was held on Wednesday, November 20. Market Day is made possible through Empowered,...

On Wednesday afternoon, October 30, the fourth and fifth graders at MacArthur Elementary received a fantastic presentation from the Southern Pioneer staff. After discussing the im...

Katrin Flores, a senior at Liberal High School, has been honored as a Commended Scholar in the National Merit Scholarship Corporation Program. Of the approximately 1.3 million pro...

Bright Start Pre-K Center hosted a Dads and Kids' Pizza Night to celebrate the launch of the WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dogs of Great Students) program. This great community engagement progr...

Homecoming Blackout shirts are available at Golden Plains Credit Union and the Liberal High School activities office. Fans wearing 2024 Blackout T-shirts will receive free admissi...