LAKEWOOD, Ohio – 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.

It also raised questions from two members of a task force that met behind closed doors for months to study the issue.

In a Monday night presentation to the board, Niedzwiecki pointed to the district’s K-5 enrollment, which has dropped from 2,286 students in the 2015-2016 school year to 1,792 students this school year. She also cited long-term outlooks from a contractor the district hired that showed no projected increase in enrollment over the next decade.

Lincoln Elementary School, which is just

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