(12-20-24) According to a vwindependent.com story at this week’s Lincolnview Local Schools Board of Education meeting…the system discussed the switch of the district’s affiliation from the Western Buckeye Educational Service Center to the Mercer County Educational Service Center.

VWindependent.com story – Lincolnview BOE to decide on ESC affiliation change

A special school board meeting has been set for after Christmas for 5 p.m. Monday, December 30th, at the Neubrecht Lecture Hall to discuss the possible move.

Lincolnview Superintendent Jeff Snyder –

“We want to recruit and retain good teachers to our district as we’ll be starting another wave of retirement here soon with a number of our teachers. They have a gifted program, they have a good in-depth speech service program, special education is in their wheelhouse and they have an audit program for the preschool that we’re really interested in. They also have a grant writing area for additional funding that maybe we can get.”

According to their website the Mercer County Educational Service Center serves Celina City, Coldwater Exempted Village, Fort Recovery Local, Marion Local, Parkway Local, St. Henry Local and Versailles Exempted Village districts.

The current districts serviced by the Western Buckeye Educational Service Center include-

Paulding County

  • Antwerp Local Schools
  • Paulding Exempted Village Schools
  • Wayne Trace Local Schools
  • Divine Mercy Catholic School

Van Wert County

  • Crestview Local Schools
  • Lincolnview Local Schools
  • St. Mary of the Assumption
  • Van Wert City Schools
  • Vantage Career Center