Some students on campus have came from different high schools or other schools in different states with the rules and atmospheres of each high school varying.

“Liberty is different from Independence because I guess since Independence is a new school that just opened a year ago, I’m kind of used to everything over there,” freshmen Emma Wood said. “Once I started going to Liberty the school looks small to me since I came from IHS and the way the school is organized is very different.”

Although there are some similarities between FISD campuses, some things are viewed differently.

“I love the dress code at Liberty because when I was at IHS we weren’t allowed to wear shorts that weren’t finger tip length and we also weren’t allowed to wear leggings if we didn’t wear a long shirt that is passed your fingertips,” Wood said. “I feel the dress code is really good because for example, if we were to be in the summer, students wouldn’t be stuck with wearing jeans all the time. Instead, we can wear shorts. I’m really happy about the wearing shorts that don’t have to be finger tipped because I’m a tall person which means I have really tall arms so all my shorts aren’t finger tipped and because Liberty dress code isn’t like Independence, I can finally get to wear shorts to school in the summer without me worrying about getting dress coded.”

While other campuses in Frisco have different policies, the learning environments are different too.

“The teachers are all nice at Independence and they try hard to let the students understand what they’re teaching,” Wood said. “Back at IHS there was something we had called activity period and it is basically students having a tutorial in school which I think is really good because it makes the students catch up more with their classes if maybe they were absent and really weren’t able to make it to either in school or after school tutorials.”

While students that have transferred within the district are used to a block schedule, it’s something new to students that have moved into the Frisco area.

“Liberty is really different because first of all, in Maryland, we didn’t have an A day/B day schedule so that really helps me even out my work load,” freshmen Zara Siddiqui said. “The people in general are a lot nicer and they like to talk to you and they’re friendly.”

Moving from a different high school can lead to a lot of changes, but one of the toughest to deal with could be social.

“I mean to me, my opinion, the major adjustments for new students are just meeting people,” counselor Alma Campo said. “Just making friends and actually just sitting in the lunchroom with someone. That’s the tough one because they have no one to sit with.”

While adjustments have to be made, the real difficulties are determined by where the student transfers from.

“It’s not always easier to transfer in from an FISD school more so than an outside school for the same reason,” Campo said. “Just because they’ve been in another Frisco school doesn’t necessarily mean they already know people. Now at least having the classes, the similar classes that is beneficial to them, but they also may not know anyone so they’re just in the same boat as anyone else.”

While a new school can bring changes, some things may stay the same.

“Classes don’t always change for all new students,” Campo said. “It just depends on the classes they were in and if we offer those classes. If we offer them, we must place them in those same classes so they’re able to earn the credit. Some schools offer less classes than we do so then that always presents a challenge because we do have to recreate in finding classes that students can take.”