Lagunitas district votes to consolidate elementary schools into one

The school board for the Lagunitas School District in Marin County voted to consolidate the district’s two elementary schools into one, according to the Marin Independent Journal.

The board’s 4-1 vote means that the district’s 50-year-old open classroom will be combined with its newer Montessori school program. The new school will launch in the fall, and the district is still designing the structure of the school.

“Everybody wants the same thing — the best for their children. Education is change,” trustee Denise Bohman said before the board vote, according to the Journal.