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For anyone who attended the Lakewood City School District’s Community Engagement meeting on September 29, it may come as a shock to hear that at the Monday, October 6 school board meeting Supt Niedzwiecki made recommendations that include closing Lincoln Elementary School and all of the neighborhood PreK programs to create a consolidated PreK in the vacated Lincoln building.

In March, I offered an article here in the Observer sharing my thoughts on the process being undertaken by Lakewood City Schools to determine the future of our model of education in Lakewood.

Lakewood City Schools Superintendent Maggie Niedzwiecki’s recommendation this week to eliminate Lincoln Elementary School, convert it into a centralized pre-k and redraw the boundaries of the district’s remaining six elementary schools has sparked a backlash among some parents.

Lakewood City School District Superintendent Maggie Niedzwiecki announced a recommendation Monday night to repurpose Lincoln Elementary, one of the district's seven elementary schools, to become an early childhood learning center.