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Liberty Hill is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. The population is 1608 people as of the March 2012 census, The population was 967 at the 2009 census. Wikipedia

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About Liberty Hill

Liberty Hill is on State Highway 29 in the Hill Country fifteen miles west of Georgetown and thirty-three miles northwest of Austin in Williamson County. It lies between the north and south forks of the San Gabriel River.

Among the early settlers there in the 1840′s were Taylor Smith, Greenleaf Fisk, and U.H. Anderson. Families named Bryson, Poole, and Spencer arrived in the early 1850′s from Tennessee, Arkansas, and the Carolina’s.

In 1853 a post office was opened three miles west of the present townsite. William Oliver Spencer was appointed postmaster and suggested the name Liberty Hill. The town moved eastward twice before 1882 in response to relocations of the post office and a local stage stop. When the Austin and Northwestern Railroad bypassed Liberty Hill in 1882, the settlement shifted again. It’s population began to grow, and the 1884 chartering of Liberty Normal and Business College there soon added a student population as well.

Nevertheless, the town remained small, never (through 1990) reporting a population of more than 500. The area’s economy during the 1980′s was primarily agricultural, though local growth was increasing as workers moved to the community and commuted to jobs elsewhere. During the mid 1980′s the towns population was estimated at 300, though at that time the school enrollment there exceeded 850. In the early 1990′s the community continued to report a population of 300, with fifty-five rated businesses.

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About LHISD

Mission Statement
The Mission of the Liberty Hill Independent School District is to develop successful, contributing, responsible citizens.

Motto
Educating for the Future, One Student at a Time

Liberty Hill ISD Goals

Goal #1: Educators will be full partners with parents and the community in the education of their children.

Goal #2: Students will be encouraged to meet their full educational potential.

Goal #3: Through enhanced dropout prevention efforts, all students will remain in school until they obtain a high school diploma.

Goal #4: A well-balanced and appropriate curriculum will be provided to all students. Students will be taught language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, fine arts, health, physical education, and technological literacy. Emphasis will be on developing critical thinking skills, problem solving strategies, and a lifelong love of learning.

Goal #5: Qualified and highly effective personnel will be recruited, developed, and retained so that all students are taught by highly qualified teachers.

Goal #6: Students will demonstrate exemplary performance in comparison to state standards.

Goal #7: School campuses will maintain a safe, healthy, disciplined, drug-free, caring environment conducive to student learning.

Goal #8: Educators will keep abreast of research in the development of creative and innovative techniques in instruction and administration using those techniques as appropriate to improve student learning.

Goal #9: Technology will be implemented and used to increase the effectiveness of student learning, instructional management, staff development, and administration.

Goal #10: Campuses will maintain a 96% or above attendance rate.

Goal #11: Character and citizenship education will be implemented in PreK-12 and appropriate programs will be provided for all students demonstrating need in suicide prevention, conflict resolution, violence prevention, and/or discipline management.

Goal #12: Age appropriate career education will be provided to all students, and students will be encouraged to pursue education or training after high school.

The Liberty Hill Independent is a weekly newspaper serving the Liberty Hill area in northwestern Williamson County and the Bertram community in eastern Burnet County. It is published every Thursday from our offices at 14251 W. SH 29, Suite B, in Liberty Hill, Texas, 78642.

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