Bill Jimanez  

Students will no longer be divided into homerooms at McCaskey East High School based on their race and gender.

In the wake of sometimes blistering criticism, School District of Lancaster has changed the format of a mentoring program that placed African-American pupils into homogeneous homerooms l...

During a recent class period at McCaskey East High School, T'onna Johnson's class discussed a film, learned about a college-visit trip, talked about designing a class T-shirt and was encouraged to sign up for a seminar on the importance of a good education.

This all happened during homeroom ...