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Editor's Note: This story was initially published on Jan. 11, 2021 and has been updated. Renaming two School District of Lancaster buildings was at the center of a virtual town hall meeting hosted by the district and YWCA Lancaster earlier this month. Wednesday is the last day district officials are accepting suggestions for new names until for its Southeast Middle and Buchanan Elementary schools, according to its website. Names can be submitted at bit.ly/3qfjAJh. The “Southeast Middle” name has been a place holder since July, when district school board members moved to remove the s...

Renaming two School District of Lancaster buildings will be at the center of a virtual town hall meeting hosted by the district and YWCA Lancaster at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

On her 101st day in third grade, 8-year-old Valeria Morales settled beside her teacher for a reading assessment. Her brown hair in a ponytail, Valeria softly read aloud from a list of words that children two years younger would be expected to know. Although she had no trouble recognizing many of the first-grade level words, including "run," "map” and “sing,” she stumbled over others. “Oh, no,” she sighed. "It's OK," instructional coach Christine Linden assured her, keeping track of words she missed. "This just helps me to know what I need to teach you." It was early F...