KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Liberty School District and community is mourning the loss of a teacher after she passed away following her battle with a rare form of cancer. Saree Morley, a 43-year-old mother of three, was a P.E. teacher at Heritage Middle School. She coached basketball in the school district for nearly 10 years. According to her obituary, Morley passed away on January 16. FOX4 spoke with Morley in October of last year about her battle with neuroendocrine cancer. She was diagnosed in January of 2023. Morley told FOX4 it was her goal to see her kids graduate, who are all under the age of 15. See the latest headlines in Kansas City and across Kansas, Missouri A community fundraiser put on by staff and students from elementary to high schools helped raise more than $87,000 within two weeks for dendritic cell treatment done at a facility based in Texas.