PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Thomas Jefferson Middle School (TJMS ... themselves as change agents at our school,” Lewis said. Port Arthur ISD Principal Dr. Mark Porterie says he and the rest of ...

The school at 600 S. Lewis Ave. in Waukegan is now called Thomas Jefferson Middle School. But Jefferson was a slaveholder, and the Waukegan School Board saw fit to remove the third president's ...

Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Waukegan has been renamed to honor John Lewis, the late civil rights icon and longtime congressman. The school board changed the name on the basis that Jefferson ...

A majority of residents in Waukegan say they don’t want the district’s Thomas Jefferson Middle School to keep its ... the community are John Lewis Middle School and Dolores Huerta and Cesar ...

The school board voted to rename Thomas Jefferson Middle School after late Georgia Congressman John Lewis. Members of Waukegan's Latinx community opposed naming the school for Obama because of his ...