At a Regular Meeting of Liberty Common School’s Board of Directors held last night, the school’s Headmaster Bob Schaffer announced the promotion of Mrs. Sandy Stoltzfus to a newly-created position of Deputy Headmaster from her current position of elementary-school principal. Stoltzfus will assume new duties effective Wed 1 JUL 2026.
As Deputy Headmaster, Stoltzfus will be Liberty’s second-in-command overseeing the school’s k-12 program which spans four campuses in Fort Collins. Her responsibilities cover academics, special-education, finances, facility management, personnel, security, fundraising, and more.
Stoltzfus started at Liberty Common School in 2012 as its high-school Dean of Students and Athletic Director for grades 7-12. In years following, she was the high-school’s Academic Dean and College Counselor. In 2017, Stoltzfus became Assistant Principal of Liberty’s elementary campus (k-6), then principal in 2022.
“As Liberty Common School continues to expand and I contemplate my own twilight years as Liberty’s Headmaster, adding a deputy is prudent,” Schaffer said. “Mrs. Stoltzfus is the perfect person for ensuring leadership continuity. She’s nearly done it all in both primary and secondary public schooling; and, she’s done it with extraordinary grace, professionalism, and powerful effect. She loves kids.”
Prior to joining Liberty, Stoltzfus was a special-education professional in the Poudre School District which has been Liberty’s charter-school authorizer since its founding in 1997. Stoltzfus is also a Liberty parent. She and husband Trevon are parents of 2024 LCHS alumna Avery who attends New York’s Marist University.
“It is truly one of the greatest honors of my life to be on this journey with parents, joining them in the moral and intellectual formation of their precious children,” Stoltzfus said about her new role, adding she’s committed, “to a classically-oriented education rooted in truth, goodness, beauty, and perfection.”
Liberty Common School is a public, tuition-free, classically-oriented school, chartered by the Poudre School District in Fort Collins, Colorado, serving over 1500 students in grades k-12.