diff --git a/apps/forum/src/components/APIs.tsx b/apps/forum/src/components/APIs.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/apps/forum/src/components/Board.tsx b/apps/forum/src/components/Board.tsx
index bbe1c4d37..941a2e52a 100644
--- a/apps/forum/src/components/Board.tsx
+++ b/apps/forum/src/components/Board.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import CreateThread from "./CreateThread";
 import ThreadBlock from "./ThreadBlock";
 import boards from "@app/constants/boards.json";
 import localForage from "localforage";
-import { currentGroupsState, currentTagsState } from "@app/recoil/atoms";
-import { filterThreadsByTags, filterThreadsByGroups } from "@app/utils/filter";
+import { currentSchoolState, currentTagsState } from "@app/recoil/atoms";
+import { filterThreadsByTags, filterThreadsBySchool } from "@app/utils/filter";
 import { API } from "@aws-amplify/api";
 import Thread from "@app/types/thread";
 import { getUserAttr } from "wasedatime-ui";
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const Board = () => {
   const { boardSlug } = useParams();
 
   const currentTags = useRecoilValue(currentTagsState);
-  const currentGroups = useRecoilValue(currentGroupsState);
+  const currentSchools = useRecoilValue(currentSchoolState);
 
   const [boardId, setBoardId] = useState(
     boards.find((board) => board.slug === boardSlug)?.slug || "academic"
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ const Board = () => {
         console.log(threads);
 
         var filteredThreads = filterThreadsByTags(threads, currentTags);
-        filteredThreads = filterThreadsByGroups(filteredThreads, currentGroups);
+        filteredThreads = filterThreadsBySchool(
+          filteredThreads,
+          currentSchools
+        );
         if (filteredThreads.length > threadCountPerPage * page)
           filteredThreads = filteredThreads.slice(0, threadCountPerPage * page);
         setFilteredThreads(filteredThreads);
@@ -77,16 +80,16 @@ const Board = () => {
       });
   };
 
-  // when currentTags or currentGroups change, filter the threads
+  // when currentTags or currentSchools change, filter the threads
   useEffect(() => {
     var filteredThreads = filterThreadsByTags(boardThreads, currentTags);
-    filteredThreads = filterThreadsByGroups(filteredThreads, currentGroups);
+    filteredThreads = filterThreadsBySchool(filteredThreads, currentSchools);
     if (filteredThreads.length > threadCountPerPage * page)
       filteredThreads = filteredThreads.slice(0, threadCountPerPage * page);
     if (filteredThreads.length > threadCountPerPage * page)
       filteredThreads = filteredThreads.slice(0, threadCountPerPage * page);
     setFilteredThreads(filteredThreads);
-  }, [currentTags, currentGroups]);
+  }, [currentTags, currentSchools]);
 
   const displayMoreThread = () => {
     setTimeout(() => {
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ const Board = () => {
       const nextPage = page + 1;
       setPage(nextPage);
       var threads = filterThreadsByTags(boardThreads, currentTags);
-      threads = filterThreadsByGroups(threads, currentGroups);
+      threads = filterThreadsBySchool(threads, currentSchools);
       threads = threads.slice(0, threadCountPerPage * nextPage);
       setFilteredThreads(threads);
     }, 1000);
diff --git a/apps/forum/src/components/FilterMenu.tsx b/apps/forum/src/components/FilterMenu.tsx
index 112e36e58..c482be3ce 100644
--- a/apps/forum/src/components/FilterMenu.tsx
+++ b/apps/forum/src/components/FilterMenu.tsx
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import { useRecoilState } from "recoil";
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
-import groups from "@app/constants/groups.json";
-import CheckList from "@app/components/form/CheckList";
 import SchoolFilterForm from "@app/components/SchoolFilterForm";
-import { currentGroupsState } from "@app/recoil/atoms";
+import { currentSchoolState } from "@app/recoil/atoms";
 
 const FilterMenu = () => {
-  const [currentGroups, setCurrentGroups] = useRecoilState(currentGroupsState);
+  const [currentSchools, setCurrentSchools] =
+    useRecoilState(currentSchoolState);
   const [openSchoolModal, setOpenSchoolModal] = useState(false);
   const navigate = useNavigate();
 
   const toggleGroup = (group: string) => {
-    if (currentGroups.includes(group)) {
-      var groups = [...currentGroups];
+    if (currentSchools.includes(group)) {
+      var groups = [...currentSchools];
       const index = groups.indexOf(group);
       if (index > -1) {
         groups.splice(index, 1);
       }
-      setCurrentGroups(groups);
+      setCurrentSchools(groups);
     } else {
-      setCurrentGroups([...currentGroups, group]);
+      setCurrentSchools([...currentSchools, group]);
     }
   };
 
-  const isGroupChecked = (group: string) => currentGroups.includes(group);
+  const isGroupChecked = (group: string) => currentSchools.includes(group);
 
   const toggleSchoolFilter = () => {
     setOpenSchoolModal(!openSchoolModal);
diff --git a/apps/forum/src/components/Home.tsx b/apps/forum/src/components/Home.tsx
index 3c66fb939..5b46e714f 100644
--- a/apps/forum/src/components/Home.tsx
+++ b/apps/forum/src/components/Home.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import CreateThread from "./CreateThread";
 import ThreadBlock from "./ThreadBlock";
 import boards from "@app/constants/boards.json";
 import localForage from "localforage";
-import { currentGroupsState, currentTagsState } from "@app/recoil/atoms";
-import { filterThreadsByTags, filterThreadsByGroups } from "@app/utils/filter";
+import { currentSchoolState, currentTagsState } from "@app/recoil/atoms";
+import { filterThreadsByTags, filterThreadsBySchool } from "@app/utils/filter";
 import { API } from "@aws-amplify/api";
 import Thread from "@app/types/thread";
 import { getUserAttr } from "wasedatime-ui";
@@ -16,17 +16,13 @@ const threadCountPerPage = 3; // 10
 
 const Home = () => {
   const currentTags = useRecoilValue(currentTagsState);
-  const currentGroups = useRecoilValue(currentGroupsState);
+  const currentSchools = useRecoilValue(currentSchoolState);
 
   const [allThreads, setAllThreads] = useState<Thread[]>([]);
   const [filteredThreads, setFilteredThreads] = useState<Thread[]>([]);
   const [userToken, setUserToken] = useState("");
   const [page, setPage] = useState(1);
 
-  const boardStorage = localForage.createInstance({
-    name: "BoardData",
-  });
-
   // fetching the all thread data
   useEffect(() => {
     const fetchData = async () => {
@@ -65,11 +61,12 @@ const Home = () => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     var filteredThreads = filterThreadsByTags(allThreads, currentTags);
-    filteredThreads = filterThreadsByGroups(filteredThreads, currentGroups);
+    filteredThreads = filterThreadsBySchool(filteredThreads, currentSchools);
     if (filteredThreads.length > threadCountPerPage * page)
       filteredThreads = filteredThreads.slice(0, threadCountPerPage * page);
     setFilteredThreads(filteredThreads);
-  }, [currentTags, currentGroups]);
+    displayMoreThread();
+  }, [currentTags, currentSchools]);
 
   const displayMoreThread = () => {
     console.log("displayMoreThread called"); // Debugging
@@ -82,11 +79,12 @@ const Home = () => {
         "page:",
         page
       ); // Debugging
+
       if (allThreads.length < threadCountPerPage * page) return;
       const nextPage = page + 1;
       setPage(nextPage);
       var threads = filterThreadsByTags(allThreads, currentTags);
-      threads = filterThreadsByGroups(threads, currentGroups);
+      threads = filterThreadsBySchool(threads, currentSchools);
       threads = threads.slice(0, threadCountPerPage * nextPage);
       console.log("Setting filteredThreads:", threads); // Debugging
       setFilteredThreads(threads);
@@ -106,10 +104,10 @@ const Home = () => {
           style={{ overflowY: "hidden" }}
         >
           {/* {this.state.items.map((i, index) => (
-              <div style={style} key={index}>
-                div - #{index}
-              </div>
-            ))} */}
+            <div style={style} key={index}>
+            div - #{index}
+            </div>
+          ))} */}
           {filteredThreads.map((thread, i) => (
             <ThreadBlock key={i} isPreview={true} thread={thread} />
           ))}
@@ -120,3 +118,8 @@ const Home = () => {
 };
 
 export default Home;
+
+// 1 when you first enter) fetch posts (useEffect) -> display posts
+// 2 filtering by "groups" -> state that manages groups ("") -> group is selected then setGroup(selected group)
+// 3) [posts, setPosts] = useState([]) -> entering the page: setState([post1, post2..... post9])
+// 4) displayMore is triggered [...post9] + [additional 10 posts] = [20 posts]
diff --git a/apps/forum/src/components/SchoolFilterForm.tsx b/apps/forum/src/components/SchoolFilterForm.tsx
index 215b7407a..fa4ea8066 100644
--- a/apps/forum/src/components/SchoolFilterForm.tsx
+++ b/apps/forum/src/components/SchoolFilterForm.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from "@app/constants/schools";
 import { School } from "@app/constants/schools";
 import getSchoolIconPath from "@app/utils/get-school-icon-path";
-import { currentGroupsState } from "@app/recoil/atoms";
+import { currentSchoolState } from "@app/recoil/atoms";
 
 const schoolsByCategory = [
   {
@@ -73,26 +73,27 @@ const TabItem = ({ title, isActive, onClick }: TabItemProps) => (
 
 const SchoolFilterForm = ({ isOpen, setOpen }: SchoolFilterFormProps) => {
   const [schoolsCategoryId, setSchoolsCategoryId] = useState(0);
-  const [currentGroups, setCurrentGroups] = useRecoilState(currentGroupsState);
+  const [currentSchools, setCurrentSchools] =
+    useRecoilState(currentSchoolState);
 
-  const toggleGroup = (group: string) => {
-    console.log(group);
-    if (currentGroups.includes(group)) {
-      var groups = [...currentGroups];
-      const index = groups.indexOf(group);
+  const toggleGroup = (school: string) => {
+    console.log(school);
+    if (currentSchools.includes(school)) {
+      var schools = [...currentSchools];
+      const index = schools.indexOf(school);
       if (index > -1) {
-        groups.splice(index, 1);
+        schools.splice(index, 1);
       }
-      setCurrentGroups(groups);
+      setCurrentSchools(schools);
     } else {
-      setCurrentGroups([...currentGroups, group]);
+      setCurrentSchools([...currentSchools, school]);
     }
   };
 
   const SchoolBlock = ({ school }: SchoolBlockProps) => (
     <div
       className={
-        (currentGroups.includes(school)
+        (currentSchools.includes(school)
           ? "border-light-main"
           : "border-light-bgMain") +
         " border-2 rounded grow-0 shrink-0 m-2 cursor-pointer"
diff --git a/apps/forum/src/components/ThreadBlock.tsx b/apps/forum/src/components/ThreadBlock.tsx
index fd1091642..31491cf5a 100644
--- a/apps/forum/src/components/ThreadBlock.tsx
+++ b/apps/forum/src/components/ThreadBlock.tsx
@@ -14,39 +14,39 @@ type Props = {
   thread: any;
 };
 
+const convertUrlsToLinks = (text: string) => {
+  if (!text) return null;
+
+  const urlRegex = /https?:\/\/[^\s]+/g;
+  const parts = text.split(urlRegex);
+  const matches = text.match(urlRegex);
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      {parts.map((part, index) => (
+        <React.Fragment key={index}>
+          {part}
+          {matches && matches[index] ? (
+            <a
+              href={matches[index]}
+              target="_blank"
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+              className="text-blue-600"
+            >
+              {matches[index]}
+            </a>
+          ) : null}
+        </React.Fragment>
+      ))}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
 const ThreadBlock = ({ isPreview, thread }: Props) => {
   const [userToken, setUserToken] = useState("");
   const [editModalOpen, setEditModalOpen] = useState(false);
   const [deleteModalOpen, setDeleteModalOpen] = useState(false);
 
-  const convertUrlsToLinks = (text: string) => {
-    if (!text) return null;
-
-    const urlRegex = /https?:\/\/[^\s]+/g;
-    const parts = text.split(urlRegex);
-    const matches = text.match(urlRegex);
-
-    return (
-      <div>
-        {parts.map((part, index) => (
-          <>
-            {part}
-            {matches && matches[index] ? (
-              <a
-                href={matches[index]}
-                target="_blank"
-                rel="noopener noreferrer"
-                className="text-blue-600"
-              >
-                {matches[index]}
-              </a>
-            ) : null}
-          </>
-        ))}
-      </div>
-    );
-  };
-
   useEffect(() => {
     const updateLoginStatus = async () => {
       const idToken = await getIdToken();
diff --git a/apps/forum/src/recoil/atoms.ts b/apps/forum/src/recoil/atoms.ts
index 810ba47ab..a577a365b 100644
--- a/apps/forum/src/recoil/atoms.ts
+++ b/apps/forum/src/recoil/atoms.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const currentTagsState = atom<string[]>({
   default: [],
 });
 
-export const currentGroupsState = atom<string[]>({
-  key: "currentGroups",
+export const currentSchoolState = atom<string[]>({
+  key: "currentSchools",
   default: [],
 });
diff --git a/apps/forum/src/utils/filter.ts b/apps/forum/src/utils/filter.ts
index 290c315c5..72f90a878 100644
--- a/apps/forum/src/utils/filter.ts
+++ b/apps/forum/src/utils/filter.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export const filterThreadsByTags = (threads: Thread[], tags: string[]) =>
     ? threads.filter((thread) => tags.includes(thread.tag_id))
     : threads;
 
-export const filterThreadsByGroups = (threads: Thread[], groups: string[]) =>
+export const filterThreadsBySchool = (threads: Thread[], groups: string[]) =>
   groups.length > 0
     ? threads.filter((thread) => groups.includes(thread.group_id))
     : threads;