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Parents press board to pause school‑repurposing process, cite data gaps and community engagement concerns
Summary
Multiple residents urged the Lakewood Board to halt plans to repurpose neighborhood elementary schools until updated enrollment data, traffic and walkability studies, and fuller teacher and community engagement are available; speakers said the process felt rushed and warned of academic and social effects on children.
Several parents and residents used the public‑comment period at the Feb. 3 Lakewood Board of Education meeting to urge the board to pause or slow the district’s task‑force work on potential elementary school repurposing and boundary changes.
Katie Solomon, who said she lives on Clifton Boulevard and is a fourth‑generation Lakewood resident, told the board the task force was asked to review seven scenarios provided by an outside consultant rather than generate community‑driven solutions. She asked the board to “halt the process of repurposing” and instead focus on passing the upcoming levy.
Kelly Moyer, a parent and president of the Lakewood Early Childhood PTA who lives on Lakeland Avenue, said the district had relied on…
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