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In keeping with our mission, Friends of Lakewood Schools aims to improve transparency and information sharing with Lakewood residents. 

Press releases + articles

Review the links for new information and updates about the Lakewood City School District's consolidation proposal.

BOE Votes 5-0 to Close Lincoln Amid Financial, Enrollment Contradictions
September 14, 2026
Source file: Early Learning Center financial analysis

A unanimous vote typically signals that a proposal has been thoroughly tested and settled. When the Lakewood Board of Education voted 5-0 on September 8 to close Lincoln Elementary and convert it to a centralized preschool—an “Early Learning Center”—the opposite was true.

New Analysis of Lakewood City School District's Own Data Shows No Enrollment or Budget Crisis, and Raises Unaddressed Concerns About Traffic and Safety Issues That Conflict With City and District Goals
September 4, 2026

To help educate and inform the public, the parent-led group Friends of Lakewood Schools compiled the district's transportation, enrollment, and financial records into a single public analysis before the Tuesday, September 8, school board vote on a district-wide elementary overhaul

A Plan In Search Of A Problem: Lakewood City School District Leadership Continues Pushing District-Wide Elementary Changes With No Financial Analysis, Shifting Savings Claims
August 26, 2026

A year after a board member voted No for lack of financial analysis, the district still hasn’t produced one—while its savings estimate has dropped from $1.5 million to $600,000

Lakewood School Board Will Reopen District-Wide Elementary Restructuring Process Under Settlement 
August 4, 2026

Board and superintendent to complete Open Meetings Act training; new public vote no earlier than September 4, 2026

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