LAKEWOOD, Ohio — Lakewood families refuse to give up as they continue to advocate for the Lakewood school board to keep all seven of their neighborhood elementary schools.
News 5 reported that since 2003, Lakewood has seen a decline in enrollment by 2,400 students, which led the district to re-evaluate how it uses its seven elementary schools. This week, a task force presented four different scenarios, and three of them are repurposing one building and possibly turning it into a learning center. The fourth scenario is keeping all seven open.
“They gave us many reasons, and to be honest, the reasons keep changing, and I don’t think the school district understood the parents and the community would fight back,” said Lakewood Parent Monica Brewer…