At the Tuesday night Clinton Board of Education meeting, the Board heard from school leadership about the continued plans for restructuring Lincoln and Douglas schools to combine grade levels.
On the WHOW Morning Show, Tuesday, Superintendent Drew Goebel told the Hart Media Group the Board was updated on those plans and believes they are getting to a point, they need the Board to approve moving forward with permanent plans to have this ready for the next school year.
According to Goebel, the idea of combining grade levels to one building has been talked about for many years, and last year, it was finally acted on by the Board of Education and school leadership.
One of the driving factors behind this change is to allow the district to accept all students in the Clinton district into the Pre-K program. According to Goebel, currently, you have to qualify to get into the program.
Goebel indicates that the process is moving along enough that they are going to be seeking direction from the Board of Education very soon regarding whether this will be something that happens or gets halted.
The changes would be implemented next year if the Board of Education approves moving forward.
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