[2] Students then proceed to Mechanics Grove Elementary School, which serves grades three through five and is led by Principal Tanya Fergus.

[3] Mechanics Grove then feeds into Carl Sandburg Middle School, which serves grades six through eight under Principal Mark Pilut.

It remained closed until the 1996–1997 school year when it was reopened and renovation due to increasing enrollment in the district.

[citation needed] A kiln fire damaged Lincoln School on April 1, 2003, causing a week of closure and the movement of several classes to the multipurpose room.

[8] Rooms were renovated with carpeting, lighting and new lockers, and normal classes resumed by the start of the next school year.