
THANK YOU!
Bond Adopted!
The School Board voted unanimously to adopt the bond package recommended by the Bond Development Committee, and it includes rebuilding Lake Grove Elementary on site at its current location!
The tax-neutral bond will also fund a complete rebuild of Forest Hills Elementary, and wide range of safety and security measures at all other schools across the district. Read the full recommendation here.
What now?
Get out the vote! We need voters to renew this bond to ensure this rebuild and all the great facilities upgrades happen
HEY WAIT…
Why are the signs still up?
While 2024’s LRFP Feasibility Study was compelling enough to result in a recommendation that rebuilds Lake Grove on-site, this is just one step on a long journey, and a lot can change in the intervening years between consensus and build (as evidenced by the previous backing away from 2017 promises to rebuild LGE on-site). Changes in leadership, elections, local and state economies, city priorities, and more means that until Lake Grove is actually rebuilt on-site, this fight is not over. Until then, we’re asking everyone to keep your hopes up, and your signs up.
The next step is passing the bond in November! Our striking, well-placed signage can and will be repurposed during the bond campaign. Stay tuned for updates!

Who supports leaving Lake Grove (and all LOSD schools) in place?

Lake Oswego Businesses want to save LGE!
Duke’s Public House in First Addition, Dischinger Orthodontics, Deno’s, Corona’s, and Aji Tram in Lake Grove, and The Harvest Wine Bar in Westlake are just a few businesses that want Lake Grove Elementary to be rebuilt on-site.
Be sure to support our Supporters with your business!

Neighborhood Associations and Parent Groups want to save LGE!
Waluga Neighborhood Association, Lake Grove Neighborhood Association, and Lake Forest Neighborhood Association, plus LGE PTA, and LO Little League and Softball Leagues have expressed formal support for leaving LGE in place, where it’s been for nearly 100 years!
View all our growing list of Supporters

Families and Community Members want to save LGE!
Yes, even those without kids in LOSD are showing up to express their support for LGE remaining where it is! You can add your voice by signing the petition, submitting testimony to the School Board, showing up at an event, buying a t-shirt, or displaying a yard sign.
Read moving testimonies from LO residents

Our Walkable Lifestyle
Many families carefully selected this neighborhood for the school and walkable, bike-friendly mixed use business district (Lake Grove Village) the City set out as a plan over 20 years ago. We don’t want a second LO downtown and we don’t want a 30+ minute bus commute for our kids!

District-Wide Facilities
Proposed plans will reduce the number of sports facilities (LGE’s are the largest and has the only youth rated softball field). Plus, for the first time ever, the District would be closing a school with thriving, growing enrollment. Boundaries will be redrawn for everyone – AGAIN. This move affects ALL of us.

Our Neighborhood
Proposed changes will impact property values, real estate, traffic patterns, types of allowable development (the presence of a school ensures nearby businesses are family-friendly), and more. None of the proposals under current review by LOSD consider this non-monetary cost to residents.

Transparency
We need more information about what exactly the district envisions for Forest Hills, Lake Grove, Uplands, and Palisades properties, and disclosures around proposals being considered.

Authentic Input
We need a process that offers engagement, collaboration, and compromise, rather than division.

True Impact Studies
We need real feasibility studies by impartial third parties, input from subject matter experts, and honest accounting when it comes to projected income a lease of the LGE site would bring.


