NOTE: SDoL sent the following message to all school district families by email Friday afternoon. Due to the pace of the news regarding coronavirus, SDoL intends to use its email […]
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School Board Accepts Resignation of HS Principal Lischner
The SDoL school board on Tuesday accepted Mr. John Lischner’s resignation as McCaskey Campus principal. Effective immediately, Dr. Abie Benitez will assist with administrative responsibilities at the McCaskey Campus. Dr. […]
Overcoming our budget challenges: Join the conversation
The School District of Lancaster is facing a deficit of more than $10 million for the upcoming school year, which is forcing the school board to weigh difficult moves to […]
‘We need the public to be outraged’
An attorney representing the School District of Lancaster in its funding lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Education says the Commonwealth is failing its children by not having a plan […]
Message from Superintendent Rau regarding McCaskey Campus threat
Good Afternoon, As many of you are aware, we received a threat involving McCaskey students via social media this morning. We immediately worked with our School Resource Officers and other […]
Welcoming and assisting our newest families from PR
The School District of Lancaster continues to support families from Puerto Rico who are relocating to Lancaster as a result of the recent earthquakes. The district is collecting the following NEW items for […]
Lancaster Education Foundation named Fig Social Mission Partner for 2020
Fig, a print and digital platform published by Fig Industries, has named the Lancaster Education Foundation its social mission partner for 2020. LEF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting […]
McCaskey Student Naomi Main Rises to Regionals
We are pleased to announce that Naomi Main (Violin 1) placed 3rd in her section and will now advance to the (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) PMEA Central Region Orchestra Festival to be […]
Two grants to boost experiential STEM learning in SDoL
SDoL is creating student technology teams in all schools and embedding computer science programming in middle schools thanks to $60,000 in PA state grant funding. The district received a $35,000 […]
McCaskey Music Success!
Congratulations to J.P. McCaskey High School students Jason Brown (grade 12) and Anne McIlvaine (grade 10) for their participation in the PMEA District 7 Choir, which was held on January […]
Champions for Our Youth returns for 2020
As #girldad trends on social media, a handful of dads gathered outside Buchanan Elementary school Thursday to encourage students as they arrived to school. The predominantly male group participated in […]
Thaddeus Stevens highlights long-standing partnership with SDoL
This week Dr. William Griscom, retiring President of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, joined Dr. Rau and Principal Marian Grill at Lafayette Elementary to unveil banners highlighting the Thaddeus Stevens-SDoL […]