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1. This isn't particularly necessary for any spell list besides the Arcane spell list (and even then, only for the Wizard rather than the Sorcerer), but for the Wizard's sake, could we have the Arcane spell list tell which school each spell belongs to? It would be as helpful here as divvying the spells by school was on the Sorc/Wiz spell list in P1E. And it wouldn't even need to be that delineated; just put an ABJ or a DIV or an ENC in superscript next to each spell name, the same as the H for Heightenable or the U or R for uncommon or rare spells.
2. There are a significant number of spell powers and a significant number of classes they could come from, and it isn't particularly obvious where one should look. For example, the Agile Feet spell power boosts your mobility. But where does it come from? Is it a Monk or a Ranger spell power? Sorcerer or Barbarian? Is it a spell power granted by a magic item? Turns out it's a Cleric Domain power, and that never would have been my first guess. So can we put additional powers lists for the classes after the spell lists, so that players can see a power and not have to tear the book apart trying to figure out where it comes from?
School doesn’t really make much of a difference at this point (in 1e it wasn’t just finding something for your school slot, it was avoiding opposition spells). Second point is truth, but really I wish class specific powers were just listed with the class. Trying to compare school powers is hard enough, trying to compare domains...I gave up.
Speaking from experience here, even only being useful for identifying spells for your specific school still justifies the practice, IMO. The 5E PHB has its own spell lists and they are no more detailed than in the P2E Playtest (neither mentions what school various Wizard spells belong to, and in fact, the P2E list is still more detailed in that it points out what is heightenable and uncommon or rare). Most players I know of wrote the abbreviations for the schools back into the lists, as well as what was a Concentration spell and what was a Ritual. By the advent of Xanathar's Guide to Everything, WotC had picked up on this and was also putting these helpful notes in their lists.