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LGH consolidating school-based health clinics to JP McCaskey
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is consolidating school-based health clinic operations to its location at JP McCaskey. The clinic is still open by appointment only. Any student in the district […]
Bagged Lunches Offered on Monday, March 16th
We will be serving bagged breakfast and lunch in the lobby of school from 9-1 on Monday, March 16th. Reminder: If your child has any medication in the nurse’s office […]
Statement from Superintendent Dr. Damaris Rau and School Board President Dr. Edith Gallagher:
On Saturday, we learned of the sudden passing of school director Randolph Carney. During his eight years of board service, Mr. Carney was a tireless advocate for the School District […]
A coronavirus update from SDoL Superintendent Dr. Damaris Rau
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 […]
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 […]
RESPECT Week Video
Respect week has come to an end, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be continuing to show respect each and every day! Our students learned a lot this week about […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SDoL posts Preliminary Budget for 2020-2021
The School District of Lancaster’s board of directors will vote on a preliminary budget for the 2020-2021 school year at its meeting on January 21. A draft of that budget […]