http://www.fox43.com/news/wpmt-mccaskey-homeroom-changes,0,7163280.story
Lancaster High School in Pennsylvania is now changing their mentoring program they have in their school because of controversial issues. The school broke down there homeroom classes into 19 classes. In three of these 19 classes the students were all African American. They say the program was developed to improve test scores and give students an oppurtinitie to learn from their mentors. The staff say that the subgroups were strictly based on student- teacher relationship and not race. Because of all the controversy teachers are going to open up the homeroom mentoring program to everyone and not based on gender or race.
In regards to this article I can see why it could be a very controversal subject. I think they should have thought about what other people would think before seperating these kids into racial groups even if it had nothing to do with their skin color it's still not promoting multiculturalism and acceptance. This is what our schools need so much more even with the changing culture and races that are coming to schools throughout the United States. I think it's important to mix students up so they don't feel like anyone is being segregated against. I think it's good that they took into account how other people felt about this and they are actually doing something about it and trying to make it better for everyone as a whole.
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