LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- The Lakewood Board of Education last night (Oct. 20) voted to approve Superintendent Maggie Niedzwiecki’s recommendation to repurpose Lincoln Elementary School into the newly created preschool Early Learning Center.

“We reached this decision focusing on what’s the best educational experience for kids,” Lakewood City Schools Board President Nora Katzenberger said. “That’s what we base every decision on.

“We know that we have some hard work ahead to ensure that the transitions are as smooth as possible, but we always want to keep our students’ well-being as our No. 1 priority.”

Regarding the difficulty of the decision, Katzenberger said it’s been a long 14-month process.

“The Board of Education listened to every comment from the community, every word of every email and

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