Jackson Liberty High School

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Jackson Liberty High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, as part of the Jackson School District. It is the sister high school of Jackson Memorial High School.

The school opened in September of the 2006-07 school year for 9th and 10th grades only.

1 The Building
2 Differences from other Jackson Schools.
3 Administration
4 External links

[edit] The Building

Built in between 2005 and 2006, the school has two floors. The bottom floor holds a liberal arts (history, English, language) wing (commonly referred to as "C" wing) as well as a mathematics and science wing. (Commonly referred to as "B" wing) There is a cafeteria in both wings. The upstairs wing will hold additional mathematics and science wings. Additionally "D" wing is home to the arts (fine art, television production, CAD, graphic design) classes. A central atrium connects "D", "C", and "B" wings into a central great hallway. The theater holds about 900 people and is equipped to handle presentations as well as performances. The two gymnasiums are next to each other and they have a weight room and an athletic trainer's office. The football field is surrounded by a regulation size track which could be used for meets. There is also a music wing behind the auditorium and a lecture hall in the atrium.

[edit] Differences from other Jackson Schools.

Jackson Liberty High School is Wi-Fi ready and wireless LAN stations are set up throughout the school. Teachers are given swivel-head laptops which have a wireless card which connect them to projectors in each classroom. All multimedia functions from the classroom projectors. The student-run television channel as well as a DVD and VCR hook up to the projector for large format display. In other Jackson schools, teachers are confined to computer desks and all multimedia is shown through a television. The cafeteria format is also different since student have a choice of three different lines to choose from. A "made-to order" sandwich line, a daily special line, and a grill (burgers, fries, chicken sandwiches, and pizza) are all available for the students to choose. In other schools, food was given in one line and there was no custom sandwich line.