A lawsuit has been filed in Cuyahoga County against the Lakewood City School District board of education, alleging the board’s deliberations on repurposing schools violated the law.

The suit, filed Monday by the nonprofit Friends of Lakewood Schools, seeks an injunction to halt repurposing of Lincoln Elementary. After more than a year of deliberation, the board voted Oct. 20 to shift that school to an early education center and consolidate students and services at the other six elementary schools.

Parents and community members protested the decision outside Lakewood High School prior to the meeting and spoke out in force during the public comment portion of the meeting.

The suit alleges a district facilities task force convened in 2024 violated Ohio’s public meetings laws because it m

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